scholarly journals Defining ‘Better’ Better

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-43
Author(s):  
Bill Flinn
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Loss ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Smoke Inhalation ◽  
Structural Safety ◽  
Adaptive Programming ◽  
Programming Knowledge ◽  
Recovery Pathways

This paper explores the importance of house and home for survivors of natural disaster: it protects from hazards and contributes to health, well-being and economic security. It examines the reconstruction of homes after a disaster as an opportunity to Build Back Better, re-defining ‘better’ as an holistic and people-centred improvement in housing. It questions the humanitarian shelter sector’s emphasis on structural safety while poor sanitation, inadequate vector control and smoke inhalation are responsible for many more deaths worldwide than earthquakes and storms. The paper extends this discussion by arguing that promoting ‘safer’ for a substantial number of families is better than insisting on ‘safe’ for fewer. The overall benefit in terms of lives saved, injuries avoided and reduced economic loss is greater when safer is prioritised over safe, and it frees resources for wider consideration of a ‘good home’ and the pursuance of ‘self-recovery’. The paper is informed by field research conducted in 2017 and 2018. Finally, implications for humanitarian shelter practice are outlined, with particular reference to self-recovery. It highlights a need for adaptive programming, knowledge exchange and close accompaniment so that families and communities can make informed choices with respect to their own recovery pathways.

Execution of Security Rights in Islamic Banking at The Religious Court of Purbalingga

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 287-297
Author(s):  
Nita Triana
Keyword(s):  
Field Research ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Islamic Banking ◽  
Actual Situation ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Security Interest ◽  
Final Verdict ◽  
Islamic Economic ◽  
Religious Courts

This article examines the execution of a security interest in Islamic banking in the Islamic economic disputes in  the  Purbalingga  Religious  Court. The case of non-performing loans in the world of Islamic banking is often the case, this was due to the debtor defaults. Mortgages used as collateral can be executed based on the decision of the Religious Court. The method used in this research is a kind of field research with the approach of Socio Legal Research, including in the realm of non-doctrinal study. The results show the execution of a security interest in dispute sharia economy in Purbalingga Religious Court has been run in accordance with the mandate of the Act: On the substance of the Implementation of the decision of execution is the end of a case that is the result of what is required by the plaintiff are determined in a court of Religion with using the guidelines do not separate from the disciplinary proceedings contained in HIR or Rbg. On the  Structure  of  Purbalingga Religious Court  carry out executions by institutions that are available from the start to the filing of the petition to the Chairman of the Religious Courts, judges who will examine the final verdict, Executor who will call and will execute and when the auction Clerk role of the mentor  State Property Office and Auction (KPKNL). Culturally law. Purbalingga Religious Court  carry out the execution-based approaches to religion and culture. This approach proved to facilitate execution. Obstacles that faced in general, form, creditors often receive a guaranteed land and buildings where the land certificate is no longer appropriate to the actual situation, the Debtor is not willing to leave the place right dependents, barriers to the sale of objects auction execution which does not go unsold objects auction / auction. Constraints that normally occurs in the execution of this economic security rights dispute, can be resolved by various reinforcement structures / institutions and culture through the law chosen by the Purbalingga Religious Courts.

Comprehensive assessment of the citizen wellbeing in the territory of residence: taking into account the changing influence of indicators economic security

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 491-502
Author(s):  
Alexsandr Kuklin ◽  
Sergey Okhotnikov
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Development ◽  
Diagnostic Technique ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Rate Of Change ◽  
Degree Of Satisfaction ◽  
Current Assessment ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Individual

The article considers a generalizing characteristic of the citizen's wellbeing in the territory of residence, assesses indicators based on statistical data, and makes adjustments due to safety indicators. The author's diagnostic technique was used, which includes corrective indicators. For this purpose, the method of express diagnostics was applied, which made it possible to select the 8 most significant from 12 modules and 43 indicators of economic security. The rate of change of each of the 8 indicators was taken into account, which made it possible to determine the changes in these indicators and the predisposition to one degree or another of the socio-economic crisis. A change in the trend of an indicator can lead to the opposite effect at the expense of other main influencing indexes. This takes into account the borderline state of the indicator, namely, its rate of growth or decline and predisposition to a particular crisis zone. The turning zones of the trend of changes in indicators have been determined. The object of the research is the well-being of the individual in the territory of residence for each subject of the Ural Federal District. The authors made an attempt to consider in the analysis not just the population of the subject (the number of people), but also to assess the personality from the standpoint of moral development, the level of education, the available opportunities for spiritual development, the provision of benefits necessary to maintain life and the degree of satisfaction of the needs of the population. This will allow to carry out the current analysis of the state, but also to consider the forecast dynamics of change for the next 2 to 3 years. The results obtained can be used in the current assessment of the socio-economic situation in the regions of Russia, as well as in planning and forecasting individual indicators of individual citizen wellbeing in the territory of residence

ADAPTATION OF QUESTIONNAIRE "SECONDARY BENEFIT FROM THE DISEASE"

2021 ◽  
pp. 130-151
Author(s):  
Irina V. Vets ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Recovery Process ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Phenomena ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Russian Version ◽  
Recovery Cost ◽  
Confirmatory Analysis ◽  
Recovery Resources ◽  
Recovery Pathways ◽  
Gains And Losses

An adaptation of the Russian version of the questionnaire «Secondary benefit from the disease» based on the questionnaire Will Joel Friedman «The Benefits of Suffering and the Costs of Well Being: Secondary Gains and Losses» (1994) is presented in the article. Our questionnaire consists of two parts and includes 40 questions, with 4-5 statements on each scale. The first part describes how a person becomes ill, includes scales: regression, somatization triggers, conformism, simulation. The second part of the questionnaire consists of scales: recovery resources, recovery cost, recovery pathways, autonomy, and reflects the recovery process. The standardization of the questionnaire (n=392) indicates that the methodology has good psychometric indicators of the internal consistency of the scales and retest reliability. However, we cannot say that the scales are completely independent, requiring additional research. The confirmatory analysis allowed us to see a good consistency of the questionnaire items. When studying the discriminative power of points, it turned out that this technique is suitable for studying the secondary benefit of the disease for people from 18 to 60 years old. The multi-scale method allows evaluating the psychological phenomena that hinder and contribute to a speedy recovery. The article contains the text of the questionnaire with instructions and keys.

scholarly journals Exploring, measuring and enhancing the coproduction of health and well-being at the national, regional and local levels through comparative case studies in Sweden and England: the ‘Samskapa’ research programme protocol

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. e029723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Kjellström ◽  
Kristina Areskoug-Josefsson ◽  
Boel Andersson Gäre ◽  
Ann-Christine Andersson ◽  
Marlene Ockander ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Explanatory Models ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Health And Well Being

IntroductionCocreation, coproduction and codesign are advocated as effective ways of involving citizens in the design, management, provision and evaluation of health and social care services. Although numerous case studies describe the nature and level of coproduction in individual projects, there remain three significant gaps in the evidence base: (1) measures of coproduction processes and their outcomes, (2) mechanisms that enable inclusivity and reciprocity and (3) management systems and styles. By focusing on these issues, we aim to explore, enhance and measure the value of coproduction for improving the health and well-being of citizens.Methods and analysisNine ongoing coproduction projects form the core of an interactive research programme (‘Samskapa’) during a 6-year period (2019–2024). Six of these will take place in Sweden and three will be undertaken in England to enable knowledge exchange and cross-cultural comparison. The programme has a longitudinal case study design using both qualitative and quantitative methods. Cross-case analysis and a sensemaking process will generate relevant lessons both for those participating in the projects and researchers. Based on the findings, we will develop explanatory models and other outputs to increase the sustained value (and values) of future coproduction initiatives in these sectors.Ethics and disseminationAll necessary ethical approvals will be obtained from the regional Ethical Board in Sweden and from relevant authorities in England. All data and personal data will be handled in accordance with General Data Protection Regulations. Given the interactive nature of the research programme, knowledge dissemination to participants and stakeholders in the nine projects will be ongoing throughout the 6 years. External workshops—facilitated in collaboration with participating case studies and citizens—both during and at the end of the programme will provide an additional dissemination mechanism and involve health and social care practitioners, policymakers and third-sector organisations.

scholarly journals Understanding music’s therapeutic efficacy: Implications for music education

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Thram
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Cell Phone ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Therapeutic Effects ◽  
Music Making ◽  
Biological Capacity ◽  
Average Person ◽  
Computer Addiction ◽  
Actual Participation

In the current era of electronic domination of human experience, be it via cell phone and/or computer addiction, or the ubiquitous television, actual participation in music- making is less and less common for the average person, child or adult. Passive participation through listening is most often cited by people as their major experience with music in their lives. When asked if listening has therapeutic effects, it is rare for anyone to respond in the negative. Likewise, for performers/active participants in music- making, be it solitary or as part of a group, invariably an enhanced sense of well-being from the act of making music is reported.This paper addresses therapeutic aspects of musical participation (singing, clapping, playing an instrument, dancing, listening) by providing a historical overview (12th c to present) of attitudes toward music’s therapeutic effects. It argues that music exists through the interaction of our biological capacity to make music with our cultural circumstances. How individuals benefit in all aspects their being – physical, mental and emotional – from engaging in the act of making music is illustrated with examples from field research in southern Africa. Finally implications for Music Education are explored which emphasize how more comprehensive integration of music into the curriculum can serve as an antidote to the increasing isolation and alienation of modern life.

scholarly journals Federal Financial Monitoring Service as a Member of the National Security of the Russian Federation and the Implementation of the Strategy of the Country's Economic Security

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 198
Author(s):  
Arzhanova I.M. ◽  
Nemtsov Yu.A.
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Constitutional Rights ◽  
Political Determinants ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
High Standards ◽  
Financial Monitoring ◽  
Monitoring Service

National-State interests of the Russian Federation are the most significant and objective political determinants of the totality of the vital needs of the population, which are aimed at the satisfaction and development of an individual, society and the State in all their areas of activity: International, military, economic, social, information, internal political, environmental. Maintaining a level of well-being of citizens, to ensuring high standards of life and health, the country's territorial integrity, its sovereignty, guaranteing citizens ' constitutional rights, stable economic development are relevant political objectives activities in Russia.

scholarly journals Changing Household Financial Opportunities and Economic Security

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 49-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen E. Dynan
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Risky Assets ◽  
Household Finances ◽  
Household Data ◽  
The Past ◽  
Rate Of Increase ◽  
Economic Volatility

Households have experienced an expansion of financial opportunities over the past several decades. Expanded financial opportunities, such as the democratization of credit and new lending approaches, can yield benefits in terms of household economic security. However, the financial crisis that began in 2007 has powerfully illustrated that expanded financial opportunities can also pose dangers for households. By increasing the scope for investment in risky assets, people may end up with larger swings in wealth than they had anticipated. Households may borrow too much and then face obligations that are unsustainable given their resources. To explore these issues, I examine household data on wealth, assets, and liabilities going back 25 years and, in some cases, 45 years. I argue that changes in household finances in the decades leading up to the mid-1990s—including the gradual rise in indebtedness—likely increased household well-being, on balance, and contributed to a decline in aggregate economic volatility. However, changes in finances since the mid-1990s—in particular, a much sharper rate of increase in household debt—appear to have been destabilizing for many individual households and ultimately for the economy as a whole. I consider how the lessons learned in the current crisis might change household financial opportunities and choices going forward.

Historical Background to Research on Job Loss, Unemployment, and Job Search

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.T. Feather
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Job Loss ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Historical Review ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Value Theory ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Research Survey

This chapter provides a selective review of past research on job loss, unemployment, and job search up to the beginning of the 1990s. The Great Depression studies in the 1930s at Marienthal by Jahoda and colleagues and by Bakke at Greenwich and New Haven are described, along with other research at the time. These early studies sowed the seeds for subsequent research programs in England, Europe, and Australia; the theories that emerged from this early and later research are described. They include stage theory, deprivation theory, agency theory, and vitamin theory. Other more general approaches—such as stress and coping models and expectancy-value theory—are also described as relevant to the unemployment experience. The historical review provides lessons about the importance of using a variety of methodologies that include descriptive field research, survey and questionnaire studies, longitudinal research, and research across cultures. It also suggests that progress will involve the application of midrange theories about work, paid employment, and unemployment targeted to particular issues such as psychological well-being, health-related problems, social and family effects, and job-search behavior.

Methodological Approaches to Assessing the Level of Economic Security of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

2021 ◽  
pp. 61-69
Author(s):  
O. Bykova ◽  
Andrey Garnov ◽  
A. Shpileva ◽  
A. Chuhlebov
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Current Level ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Sustainable Implementation ◽  
Modern Development ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
High Level ◽  
Functional Components

In the constantly changing conditions of the external environment, with the modern development of science and technology, with a high level of competition, the success of an organization's functioning lies in its timely ability to effectively respond to market demands. An enterprise's resistance to external and internal threats is determined by the level of its economic security. In other words, the economic security of an enterprise is the state of its protection from the negative influence of external and internal threats, destabilizing factors, under which the sustainable implementation of the main commercial interests and goals of the statutory activities is achieved. It is extremely important to conduct a systematic analysis of the management of the economic security of enterprises, develop effective methods for assessing the current level of security in companies and improve mechanisms for increasing economic security to improve the competitiveness of Russian business in modern market realities. The concept of economic security includes a whole range of functional components. In addition to financial security, the system of economic security includes personnel, technological, market, legal, interface, environmental, information and power components, which equally affect the well-being of the company. And only when comprehensive measures are taken to improve each functional component, a high, competitive level of economic security can be achieved. It is extremely important to understand the essence of the economic security of an enterprise, to study methodological approaches to assessing the current level of economic security and to learn how to correctly use the mechanisms to improve it.

Trends in Wearable Technologies for Earth Science

2018 ◽  
pp. 1339-1360
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Woolman
Keyword(s):  
Earth Science ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Monitoring Systems ◽  
Area Network ◽  
Science Field ◽  
Wearable Technologies ◽  
Current Trends

In this chapter, we discuss the need for wearable technologies for earth science field research, a discipline that can be both extremely physically rigorous and even potentially dangerous at times. The field is also technically challenging because of environmental conditions as well as often being conducted in remote offline regions. Current trends in available wearable technology devices suitable for earth science applications are explored, in addition to describing possible modifications to existing wearable technologies in order to make them deployable, practical offline-capable geoscience systems. Offline Health and safety monitoring systems designed to operate on a low-powered personal body-area network system as well as offline (non-internet dependent) wearable communication technologies are particularly addressed. These types of wearable technologies represent some of the most complex aspects in this field as well being some of the most customizable systems with highly configurable components for remote back country fieldwork functionality.

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