Measuring Well-Being: A Review of Instruments

Interest in the study of psychological health and well-being has increased significantly in recent decades. A variety of conceptualizations of psychological health have been proposed including hedonic and eudaimonic well-being, quality-of-life, and wellness approaches. Although instruments for measuring constructs associated with each of these approaches have been developed, there has been no comprehensive review of well-being measures. The present literature review was undertaken to identify self-report instruments measuring well-being or closely related constructs (i.e., quality of life and wellness) and critically evaluate them with regard to their conceptual basis and psychometric properties. Through a literature search, we identified 42 instruments that varied significantly in length, psychometric properties, and their conceptualization and operationalization of well-being. Results suggest that there is considerable disagreement regarding how to properly understand and measure well-being. Research and clinical implications are discussed

15. Reducing the cost of Salmonella and E. coli diagnostics in Georgia\u27s Poultry

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De Poenitentia et Evangelio Coming Together and Coming Clear in Luther\u27s Theology

These three breakthroughs - the understanding of God\u27s righteousness, law and gospel, and repentance - are not noted here arbitrarily. While the present examination is concerned primarily with tracing Luther\u27s changing theology of repentance, we can not do so as if this doctrine existed in isolation, standing and falling on its own. Any understanding of repentance, Luther\u27s not excepted, is intimately entwined with one\u27s understanding of God\u27s righteousness and the gospel- and most importantly, how these meet in one\u27s conception of the person and work of Christ

Safe Haven

Safe Haven is a body of work that reflects my interest in different cultures that have similarities to my personal background. Recreating familiar symbols, colors, textures, and finishes, I create wearable sculptures that communicate memories based upon historic imagery from areas that have impacted my life. By being able to clasp a necklace or pin a brooch on, the viewer physically engages with the work. This interaction resembles my own experiences within the areas I traveled and artists that I have met. With the combination of different metalworking techniques and personal experiences, I am able to developed work that adorns the body with memories

Synthesis of unnatural analogues of narciclasine: Chemoenzymatic synthesis of 2-epi-1-hydroxymethylnarciclasine

An approach to the synthesis of novel C-1 analogues of narciclasine has been developed. The synthesis relies on chemoenzymatic dihydroxylation of an arene, Stille coupling, and an intramolecular Heck reaction to affect key transformations. The synthesis of the targeted C-1 analogues addresses a gap in literature where few narciclasine analogues have been prepared, with no C-1 homologues existing to date. The synthetic route to 2-epi-1-hydroxymethylnarciclasine, as well as a possible route to several other derivatives, is described in detail. Experimental and spectral data are provided for all newly synthesized compounds

Master of Science

thesisDuring rapid-onset disasters, timely dissemination of warning information to the public is crucial. Official emergency information channels are often slow, leaving the public to monitor social media websites for more timely updates. Examining Twitter communications, or tweets, sent during the 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire, this research seeks to determine what level of descriptive information is sent through Twitter during a wildfire, whether or not that information can inform other users of changes in fire activity, and how the spatial and temporal information within a tweet can be used in conjunction with geographic information systems (GIS) to determine fire location and activity. This research utilized geotagged tweets and viewshed analysis in GIS as a means of determining what portions of the wildfire are visible from each Twitter user. These visible areas, or viewsheds, were then overlapped with viewsheds from other users to generate shared viewsheds. Both individual and shared viewsheds were compared to the area of new fire growth to determine if burning areas could be more confidently identified by considering different user perspectives. The shared viewshed method showed that while increasing the number of observations does result in a decrease in shared visible area, the portion of the shared viewshed that falls within the fire boundary significantly increases. Many groupings, iv which were compiled based on time sent and ranged in size from two to eight tweets, could see more than 20% of the fire. This research found that there is the potential for users to inform one another of changes in fire activity that may not be visible from different points of view. The addition of viewshed analysis adds another layer of valuable information to the tweets and could be useful if done in real-time, especially during events occurring at a smaller scale

Social Media and the Evolution of Social Advertising Through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

AN ABSTRACT OF THE RESEARCH PAPER OF Korey C. Love, for the Masters of Science degree in MEDIA MANAGEMENT, presented on OCTOBER 29th, 2015, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. TITLE: SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL ADVERTISING THROUGH FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND INSTARGAM MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Katherine Frith Social media has quickly evolved into one of the most popular channels of communication this generation has ever seen. This is why it is essential to map its progressive journey from where it first started, to what it has become in today’s world. Advertising methods were quickly integrated into social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram so that they could evolve into what they have today, and to provide million upon billions of connections for companies and agencies to engage with their sought after consumers. There are a plethora of advertising options offered on these three different social media websites, which give the lone individual up to the Fortune 500 Company options to customize their impression on the consumer. However some social media outlets stand apart from the rest by the way of success and innovation. It is clear that the different websites have had various effects on the consumer, some great and some bad. It was imperative that the effectiveness of these social media websites and their advertising methods be tested in order to evaluate the results on the consumer. After researching the development of the three most popular social media sites (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) a focus group of three male and three female participants between the ages of 20-24 was conducted in order to assess the three social media websites. The participants were asked several questions focusing on social advertising through these websites, as well as interacting with each other and providing key insights about their personal social media usage. The focus group concluded that Instagram was the most innovative when it came to integrating their advertisements directly into the timeline of the user. Facebook clearly had the most forms of advertising, however participants were not pleased with the amount of ads and had to use pop-up blocker in tandem with their application use. Twitter was said to be user friendly. Recently though, more forms of aggressive ads have been added to Twitter’s real-time user feeds. The participants made several predictions about future social media trends and advertising, the most imminent being that Facebook would begin to model some of their advertising methods after Instagram, a company they recently acquired in 2012. In conclusion, Instagram was said to be the most visually stunning and inventive when it came to advertising method and incorporation