Nonseparability of Shared Intentionality

According to recent studies in developmental psychology and neuroscience, symbolic language is essentially intersubjective. Empathetically relating to others renders possible the acquisition of linguistic constructs. Intersubjectivity develops in early ontogenetic life when interactions between mother and infant mutually shape their relatedness. Empirical findings suggest that the shared attention and intention involved in those interactions is sustained as it becomes internalized and embodied. Symbolic language is derivative and emerges from shared intentionality. In this paper, we present a formalization of shared intentionality based upon a quantum approach. From a phenomenological viewpoint, we investigate the nonseparable, dynamic and sustainable nature of social cognition and evaluate the appropriateness of quantum interaction for modelling intersubjectivity

Regulatory Barriers in the Field of Gambling: How Much Virtuality Can a Bet Take?

Bets are a special type of game of chance. In a certain sense, you could think of all games of chance as a bet (bet that the roulette ball comes to rest in number 7, betting on the correct result in the lottery etc.), but most countries have implemented a categorisation. A categorisation that is not only under pressure online, but just as much in the real world with the introduction of virtual bets. In Belgium, virtual bets were accepted because bets are highly dependent on events, and players also like to make a bet when no events are taking place. First virtual online betting appeared on the market via the websites of the arcades and the bets, but following a new framework memorandum from the Gaming Commission, it also became a success in the real world. Success that went hand in hand with growing criticism in the interests of the coherence rules in the area of protecting the player. Although the criticism also partly arose among the betting operators who ran gambling machines in arcades, the discussion about a further restriction on virtual bets showed many similarities with the discussion about the FOBT (fixed odds betting terminals) in the United Kingdom. Betting premises have ease of access and in Belgium a high threshold was introduced for games of chance that were considered more dangerous (e.g. slots, black jack, roulette etc.). Since there is no betting event, the odds are more RNG driven and the playing frequency can be very high, some people are offended that somebody aged 20 may not enter arcade, but he may, without any embarrassment, wager large sums on virtual betting events. In response to the rule applied by the Gaming Commission not to allow people under the age of 21 to make virtual bets on a betting website. In Belgium, bets can be placed in a newspaper shop (sport bets up to 200 euro per day per person), in a mobile betting office (bets linked to the event for which the mobile licence has been obtained) and in a betting shop (no limit to the number of bets or wagers, but for wagers above 1000 euro, a complete identification and registration of the player and the bet must be made). Bets on virtual (sport) events can only be accepted in betting shops and not in newspaper shops or via mobile betting offices. In summary, virtual betting is permitted in Belgium, but there are constricting provisions in force. The online virtual bets are placed on the same level of protection as slot machines, unlike the virtual bets in the real world, which are accessible from the age of 18, but can only be operated in a limited manner. Further restrictions, including even a prohibition for betting offices to operate virtual bets, also remain a possibility, if the virtual bets evolve further into a game of chance with high playing frequently whereby the event is in practice no longer of no significance and no sufficient protection of the player can be guaranteed

An Assessment of the Use of Radio and other Means of Information Dissemination by the Residents of Ado- Ekiti, Ekiti-State, Nigeria.

This study assessed the use of radio and other means of information dissemination among the residents of Ado-Ekiti. It is a survey research employing descriptive research design of the survey type, the instrument used to collect data was questionnaire. The sampled population was one hundred and twenty residents of Ado-Ekiti (120) were selected to participate in the study using simple random sampling technique while the collected data was analysed using tables, bar chart, simple percentage and frequency count, mean and standard deviation. The findings revealed that radio is the most important instrument in information dissemination because it reaches larger percentage of the people irrespective of their location; it promotes the level of awareness of the people on socio-political and economic issues and it also enable people to be adequately informed about programmes and activities of the government. The cost of accessing information through radio, television and use of mobile phone were not expensive as shown by the study while that of internet, satellite and cable television were expensive. Radio was mostly used to access information followed by mobile phone, television, newspaper, social network, satellite and cable television followed by the internet. The three major problems facing the residents of Ado-Ekiti in accessing information were poor television signals, high cost of purchase, installation and subscription of satellite television and many cannot afford the cost of internet connectivity. It was concluded that more need to be done to improve accesordss of the residence of Ado- Ekiti to information most especially the internet and cable television

Phantom Nation

Phantom Nation is a sculptural installation consisting of “document-objects,” sculptures created using declassified and leaked U.S. government documents as their source

From Coach to Positive Psychology Coach

The success of positive psychology interventions and visual learning methods combined with the growing field of executive coaching provides rich opportunity to develop potentially transformative positive coaching methods. My hypothesis is that it is possible to become a deeper coach helping clients to achieve improved outcomes by understanding effective coaching methods and identifying a few specific vehicles of constructive engagement (positive interventions), developing depth and expertise as a coach in these areas, and applying these with supporting visuals to coaching engagements. This paper includes a literature review of pertinent positive psychology, coaching and visual learning research. Also, I gather a broad perspective of positive psychology constructs and successful coaching interventions by interviewing current positive psychology coaches, researchers, and visual practitioners. Findings: while each interviewee uses the breadth of positive psychology research and concepts, each seems to have a particular focus area that reflects that individual’s particular personality or interests. Therefore, I chose to focus on three particular areas of interest to me – cognitive-behavioral coaching to influence one’s internal dialogue and explanatory style, positive emotions, and visual learning. I foresee using these approaches frequently in my coaching engagements

(Un)continuity in African Literature: Facebook Memoir and Suicide as Excape in Akachi\u27s Sixteen Notes on How to End a Life

Facebook nonfictional creative of Chukwuemeka Akachidiscontinues and continues our perception of autobiography in the twenty first century. Depression is a clinical condition if not diagnosed on time, could lead to suicide. This paper, through application of Psychoanalytic and Trauma theories, observes that suicide is a product ofaccumulated memories that find meaning in individual memory, resulting in self-help. This paper observes that, mental illness is influenced by self-perception of Akachi’smemory in relation to his identity: economic, cultural and socio-political being as received by others and self. It submits that suicide is a burden of memory, which either makes the individual or gradually leads the individual to end the self, thereby ending the sufferings. My findings show that social media space, through re-domestication of the space and experience, provides the space for continuous imagining of self and accounts for immediate and remote causes of trauma, as it is illustrated in Akachi’s Facebook page. Chukwuemeka Akachi’s constant posting aboutdepression on his Facebook page and his Sixteen Notes On How To End A Life, which was written by him few monthsbefore the author committed suicide, is instructive on the emergent form of social media autobiography. This paper concludes that memory is identity creation and the defining characteristic of Facebook autobiography and thesustenance of self in the material world. Keywords: Trauma, Memory, Self, Depression, Suicide, Social Media, Literatur

Assessing the Information Literacy Skills Among Undergraduate Students at the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa, Ghana

Information literacy skills have become a topical issue in the academic lives of university students. It is a skill needed to be able to identify an information need, knowing the sources of information, effectively searching for information and ethically using information in this era of the information age. Various studies have observed that university students lack the basic skills needed to make them effectively search for academic information and how to apply them. This situation, if not checked, would negatively affect the academic lives of students. This paper, therefore, sought to examine the level of information literacy skills among incoming first-year undergraduate students of the University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa so as to suggest ways of improving upon them. The level of information literacy skill, possession of basic information and communication technology (ICT) skills, awareness of various search strategies were examined by analyzing responses obtained from the administration of the questionnaire. It was found out that the majority of the students possessed basic ICT skills, however, their knowledge of various search strategies was low. Again, there was no course designed to introduce them to the acquisition of information retrieval skills. Various ways of improving information literacy skills among students have also been suggested

The role of vocal individuality in conservation

Identifying the individuals within a population can generate information on life history parameters, generate input data for conservation models, and highlight behavioural traits that may affect management decisions and error or bias within census methods. Individual animals can be discriminated by features of their vocalisations. This vocal individuality can be utilised as an alternative marking technique in situations where the marks are difficult to detect or animals are sensitive to disturbance. Vocal individuality can also be used in cases were the capture and handling of an animal is either logistically or ethically problematic. Many studies have suggested that vocal individuality can be used to count and monitor populations over time; however, few have explicitly tested the method in this role. In this review we discuss methods for extracting individuality information from vocalisations and techniques for using this to count and monitor populations over time. We present case studies in birds where vocal individuality has been applied to conservation and we discuss its role in mammals