Teen Spirit

This book offers a novel and provocative perspective on how we came to be living in an age of political immaturity and social turmoil. The book argues it's because a teenage mentality has slowly gripped the adult world. It contends that many features of how we live today — some regrettable, others beneficial — can be traced to the emergence of a more defined adolescent stage of life in the early twentieth century, when young people started spending their formative, developmental years with peers, particularly in formal school settings. The book shows how adolescent qualities have slowly seeped upward, where they have gradually reshaped the norms and habits of adulthood. The effects over the long haul, the book contends, have been profound, in both the private realm and in the public arena of political, economic, and social interaction. Our teenage traits remain part of us as we move into adulthood, so much so that some now need instruction manuals for adulting. This book challenges our assumptions about the boundaries between adolescence and adulthood. Yet despite a cultural system that seems to be built on the ethos of Generation Me, it's not all bad. In fact, there has been an equally impressive rise in creativity, diversity, and tolerance within society: all traits stemming from core components of the adolescent character. The book helps make sense of the impulsivity driving society and encourages us to think anew about civic reengagement.

Digitalization on Studies by Millenials Researcher

Echo boomers or generation ME, better known as ‘Millennials’, are people whose daily activities are inseparable from the involvement of technological and information developments. The dependence of echo boomers on modern technology in every line of life is not necessarily parallel to their interest in conducting research on this subject. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct a study that examines the involvement of digitalization in the research of millennial generations. The data sources used in this study were German Department students consisting of students of German study programs and Chinese study programs as well as thesis works produced by students from both study programs between 2015 and 2019. The research data was obtained through interviews and documentation, and the findings data analyzed qualitatively. The results showed that there were not many studies by students involving information technology. The role of digitalization is mostly found in research on the development of learning media, a small portion of which occurs in the application of teaching materials and learning media. Keywords: digitalization, research, millenial generation

Generation Me: Soziale Medien und Narzissmus

„Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand – Wer ist der schönste Nutzer im ganzen online Land?“ Das würde die Königin aus dem Grimm-Märchen wohl heutzutage ihren Zauberspiegel fragen – und damit wäre sie nicht allein. Viele Menschen nutzen soziale Medien, um sich auf unterschiedlichen Plattformen positiv darzustellen und so positives Feedback zu bekommen. Dies gilt insbesondere für diejenigen, deren narzisstische Eigenschaften stark ausgeprägt sind.

CONTROL OVER LUBRICATION OF CYLINDERS ON MARINE LOW SPEED DIESEL ENGINES

The article focuses on the problem of organizing control over oil supply to the cylinders of a marine diesel engines during slow speed operation. In the instructions for diesels with mechanical lubricators manufacturers strongly recommend to recalculate the actual specific oil consumption at share load and to reduce it to full operational load when evaluating oil consumption. The obtained specific oil consumption should be compared with the standard value, which was assigned for the full load regime. Manufacturers use different symbols for these parameters and different principles of oil supply regulation in their manuals. The variety of symbols and formulas makes it difficult to understand the technique, which is the reason why it is not applied on many vessels, as evidenced by the experience of certification of ship mechanics in the Maritime Qualification Commission of the port of Vladivostok. There have been proposed measures for wider application of the technique on ships, as it allows generalizing the experience of using oil on one-type engines in their operation on different types of ships with different load and practice to correct the recommendations about the cylinder oil dosage. Much attention is given to the features of the control organization over the lubrication of the cylinders on new generation ME S and G MK 8 type engines and later types with electronic control and regulation systems for continuous operation at super-low loads. When using a fuel with high sulfur concentration, these engines suffer from excessive wear of the cylinder bushings in their upper part due to acid corrosion because of hypernormal cooling of bushings. Therefore, the designers of diesel engines have developed special manuals on cylinder lubrication. There has been given the justification for applying the universal symbol qMR g/kW (h/kW) to indicate the initial rate of specific consumption of cylinder oil in relation to the full load of the marine low-rate diesels and the symbol qMR for “actual specific consumption reduced to a full load”. The details of oil dosage in the new generation S and G MK 8 type diesel engines are given, in which the effect of cold corrosion of bushes at low loads is manifested.

24/7 Connectedness and its Potential Impact on Today’s Physics Students: Technology Use, Multitasking, and GenMe

There is no question that the digital age is upon us. For many of us, the trans-formation to the digital age has been gradual; and, most often, welcomed. In the classroom, we have developed many useful and innovative applications technolo-gy-based pedagogies. Outside of the classroom, we use routinely rely on tech-nology to communicate with our students. However, not all of us grew up with 24/7 access to information that the internet and today’s technologies provide. Perhaps the impact of technology on those of us that teach is a bit different from the impact on our students. Many of our students today are members of the mil-lennial generation, which is sometimes referred to as Generation Me (GenMe). Members of GenMe have literally grown up with technology and the instantane-ous availability of information right at their fingertips. Computers, smart phones, iPads, and other technologies offer their users immediate access to information. Might these technologies be seen as a significant distraction to whatever the task at hand might be? Could these distractions be to blame for the perception of many in GenMe that they must multitask in order to get everything done? Might instant access to information be casting a cloud on student learning? If so, does this cloud have a silver lining? This paper addresses these and other questions through the use of a survey given to students in a second-level physics course in spring 2016. Results reveal that nearly all students feel the need to maintain this 24/7 connection using their smart phones. The impact that this level of connect-edness may have on our students will be discussed.

Breast Cancer Characteristics in Middle Eastern Women Immigrants Compared With Non-Hispanic White Women in California

Background Emerging evidence has indicated that Middle Eastern (ME) immigrants might be more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer at advanced stage, yet have better overall survival than nonimmigrant non-Hispanic whites (NHW). This study aims to analyze the association between ME immigration status and breast cancer stage at diagnosis and survival. Methods Using the California Cancer Registry, a total of 343 876 women diagnosed with primary in situ or invasive breast cancers were identified during 1988–2013. Multinomial logistic regression models were fitted to evaluate the risk of in situ and nonlocalized breast cancer stage in comparison with localized breast cancer among first-generation ME immigrants, second- or subsequent-generation ME immigrants, and NHW. Cox proportional hazard models were applied to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) with their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for breast cancer mortality among the three population groups with invasive primary breast cancer. Results First-generation ME immigrants had higher odds of being diagnosed with a nonlocalized stage (vs localized) than NHW (odds ratio [OR] = 1.17, 95% CI = 1.09 to 1.26). Second- or subsequent-generation ME immigrants also had higher odds of being diagnosed with a nonlocalized stage (vs localized) than NHW (OR = 1.31, 95% CI = 1.20 to 1.43). First-generation ME immigrants were 11% less likely to die from breast cancer than NHW (HR = 0.89, 95% CI = 0.82 to 0.97). Conclusions First-generation ME immigrants had higher breast cancer survival despite being diagnosed at a nonlocalized breast cancer stage at diagnosis when compared with NHW. Screening interventions tailored to this ME immigrant group need to be implemented.

Generation Me or Meaning? Exploring Meaningful Work in College Students and Career Counselors

Assessing the value of meaningful work among undergraduate students is important for guiding career counseling, especially because today’s students are often stereotyped as entitled and uninterested in prosocial or meaningful work. Additionally, understanding the value of meaningful work from the perspectives of career counselors would clarify if services are meeting students’ needs. In the current research, we addressed these issues with two studies. In Study 1, a sample of undergraduate students overwhelmingly indicated that they wanted meaningful work, that they thought finding meaningful work was an important goal of career counseling, and that they wanted career counseling to help them find meaningful work. In Study 2, a sample of career counselors reported that they viewed meaningful work as an important goal of career counseling and that meaningful work is something their clients desire. They also reported helping students find work or majors that are meaningful. Implications for practice are discussed.