Framing Sex Work Activism: A Sociological View

This presentation is based on a book project providing an interdisciplinary introduction to the topic of prostitution. Nancy Kannampuzha will review the sociological literature at the intersection of social movements and prostitution. She will report on ethnographic and interview data to reveal the most commonly used rhetorical frames pro- and anti-sex work activists use when recruiting and retaining members. She will describe the assumptions and taken-for-granted moral and ethical aspects of these claims. The literature suggests that pro- and anti-sex work activists draw upon strikingly similar notions of body ownership and empowerment

Проект кожухотрубного теплообменника подогрева воды

Выпускная квалификационная работа "Проект кожухотрубного теплообменника подогрева воды". Объектом исследования является кожухотрубный теплообменник для подогрева воды. Цель работы – рассчитать теплообменник для заданных технологических условий. В процессе выполнения работы были произведены все необходимые расчеты для подбора соответствующего аппарата, его типа и размеров.The final qualifying work "Design of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger for heating water." The object of study is a shell-and-tube heat exchanger for heating water. The purpose of the work is to calculate a heat exchanger for given technological conditions. In the process of doing the work, all the necessary calculations were made to select the appropriate apparatus, its type and size

Особенности учета удержаний из заработной платы

В данной научной статье рассматриваются особенности различных удержаний из заработной платы работника, а также порядок их начисления и размеры согласно законодательству РФ. Также выявлены возможные ошибки работодателя при удержании денежных средств из заработной платы сотрудников, их ответственность за неправомерные действия и предложены меры по своевременному выявлению и исправлению таких ошибок

Алгоритмы процедурной генерации реалистичных лицевых анимаций для антропоморфных виртуальных агентов с применением методов машинного обучения

Алгоритмы генерации лицевой анимации трехмерных антропоморфных моделей с помощью аудио хорошо представлены, однако их использование не позволяет стабильно получать реалистичное поведение мимики в режиме реального времени. В работе рассматриваются различные подходы к созданию анимированной лицевой мимики на основе лицевых точек и эмоционального состояния с применением машинного обучения. Комбинация представленных аудиовизуальных подходов позволяет получать результат, способный работать в динамической окружающей среде с заранее неизвестными параметрами, к примеру локализованные текст и/или речь, ответные реакции системы, а также использоваться для решения задач, таких как аватары виртуальной реальности, персонажи интерактивного кино или видеоигр т.д.Today algorithms for facial animation of 3d-avatar based on speech-driven technology are well presented. However, their use does not allow consistently obtaining realistic behavior of facial expressions in real time: problem with micro-expressions, eyes-moving and etc. The paper discusses various approaches to creating realistic animated facial animation based on facial points and emotional state with machine learning methods. The combination of audiovisual approaches makes possible to obtain a system that can work in a dynamic environment (e.g. localized text and/or speech with various environment responses) The results can be used for solving animation problems in few areas such as virtual reality avatars, characters of interactive cinema, video games and et

Le rite de la Sainte communion dans la liturgie de l'Eglise d'Orient avec une référence particulière au Qurbana de l'Eglise syro-malabare

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Sociology and Criminology of Prostitution

This chapter examines prostitution using theoretical frameworks from sociology and criminology. We first discuss the criminology of female prostitutes through the lens of leading theories such as strain, feminist, differential association and labeling theory. Furthermore, the chapter explores the stigma behind the occupation of prostitutes, while considering supply-side public policy. Additionally, we investigate the responses of several social groups such as social workers, feminist groups, religious groups and nonprofits when women want to leave the industry

Understanding and measuring social entrepreneurship

This thesis aims to understand the phenomenon of social entrepreneurship and measure its component dimensions. In particular, the thesis addresses two research gaps in the social entrepreneurship research. The first gap addressed is the resource mobilization during marketing strategy development of a social enterprise in its start-up stage. Social entrepreneurship is a diverse concept constituting various organizational form and activities. Hence, the second research gap that this research study addresses is the issue of measurement of social entrepreneurship construct. The thesis consists of an introductory essay and five research articles. The first two articles in this compilation address the first research question. The research question of how to address the resource constraints in marketing strategy development of social enterprise is addressed with a case study of a social start up delivering health care in rural India. The data consist of interviews, email discussions, online discussion forums and student reports collected over a period of two years. The results of the first paper advance the teaching methodology of live case for teaching students to solve problems of social businesses. The results of the second study revealed that the network bricolage and entrepreneurship education bricolage were used as two mechanisms to address resource shortage while developing marketing strategy of the health venture. The results from the study advances knowledge of the development of marketing strategies in a social enterprise. The study also contributes to the field of social entrepreneurship education and social enterprise resource acquisition. The final three articles in the compilation address the second research gap. To address the measurement question, the data was collected from mature social enterprises from six European countries and students developing business plans for nascent social enterprises using three rounds of data collection. The third article in this compilation presents a pilot study of scale development using a sample of 178 Nordic social enterprises. This study identified six constructs associated with social enterprises: creation of market disequilibria, open source sharing of knowledge, earned income generation, limited profit distribution, employee compensation, and autonomy in operation. The fourth article tests six hypotheses based on 245 mature social enterprises and 441 nascent social enterprises. This study identified how the conflicting components of social innovation and earned income in a social entrepreneurial organization affect the outcomes of the perceived social impact and fundability of organizations pursuing social entrepreneurship. The fifth article presents a second study of scale development with a larger sample of 263 mature social enterprises and 184 nascent social enterprises. Based on the study we developed the concept of Organizational social entrepreneurship as a construct that can occur in various types of social organizations. Organizational social entrepreneurship was conceptualized as a formative construct consisting of the dimensions of social innovation, earned income and governance. The study developed scale items to measure each of these components. The study has important implications for policy makers and governments interested in identifying and measuring performance of social enterprises. It also presents a pioneering study which develops a scale for conceptualizing and measuring organizational social entrepreneurship. The scale developed will further future quantitative studies in the field of social entrepreneurship