Cultural perspectives on the linguistic representations of emotion and emotion events

It is argued that the linguistic representation of emotions and events giving rise to them is influenced by the cultural regulation of the relationship between a person and others. Such cultural variations are expected to be reflected in how emotions and emotion events are represented in language. The two studies provide support for the hypothesis that in a culture where relationships and interdependence are valued emotion terms function as relationship-markers and emotion events are represented by the use of concrete linguistic terms when compared with cultures that emphasise the value of the individual. Moreover, we also found support for the argument that emotion terms function predominantly as self-markers in cultures that value individuality and that they are represented by more abstract terms (adjectives, nouns). The implications of these findings are discussed

Polling bias and undecided voter allocations: US Presidential elections, 2004 - 2016

Accounting for undecided and uncertain voters is a challenging issue for predicting election results from public opinion polls. Undecided voters typify the uncertainty of swing voters in polls but are often ignored or allocated to each candidate in a simple, deterministic manner. Historically this may have been adequate because the undecided were comparatively small enough to assume that they do not affect the relative proportions of the decided voters. However, in the presence of high numbers of undecided voters, these static rules may in fact bias election predictions from election poll authors and meta-poll analysts. In this paper, we examine the effect of undecided voters in the 2016 US presidential election to the previous three presidential elections. We show there were a relatively high number of undecided voters over the campaign and on election day, and that the allocation of undecided voters in this election was not consistent with two-party proportional (or even) allocations. We find evidence that static allocation regimes are inadequate for election prediction models and that probabilistic allocations may be superior. We also estimate the bias attributable to polling agencies, often referred to as "house effects".Comment: 32 pages, 9 figures, 6 table

DIGITAL FINANCE MARKETING BUSINESS STRATEGY AND MANAGEMENT

The job of this research is to identify the process of digital finance marketing strategies and management systems. The objective in this study has been made on the basis of the goal and the questions have been prepared accordingly. Literature review: The aforementioned advantages of digital marketing for financial services firms enable them to focus on individuals who have a higher probability of becoming clients. When compared to other marketing channels like print and television, the return on investment is extremely high in the case of digital marketing. Handling money matters is a tough job and attracting people in this process is also quite tough, however, the rise of digital marketing systems has helped increase awareness among people to help them connect with the best finance service providers. Methodology: This study has collected secondary data and for that journals, articles and research papers have been a great help. It can be seen that the collection of secondary data is able to help in highlighting historical information Findings and analysis: This section included a thematic analysis of the collected data. Themes have been created to appropriately justify all of the material. This has aided in providing a solution to the research issue. Discussion Digital marketing in the finance field has helped banking, insurance and other financial services providing companies in raising concern for proper and better investments to get financial independence after a certain age. Insurance coverage has become attractive to people and the aggressive marketing strategy has increased the sales of many companies effectively. Market research and analysis are highly important in the case of digital financing where it is a must to rectify the target audience. Conclusion This section contains a description of the way this study has been carried out and completed the research. A thorough overview of the subject in this study can assist everyone in understanding the way digital financial marketing needs to be handle

Implementation of genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in the Caribbean: Lessons learned for sustainability in resource-limited settings

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of global genomic surveillance to monitor the emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants and inform public health decision-making. Until December 2020 there was minimal capacity for viral genomic surveillance in most Caribbean countries. To overcome this constraint, the COVID-19: Infectious disease Molecular epidemiology for PAthogen Control & Tracking (COVID-19 IMPACT) project was implemented to establish rapid SARS-CoV-2 whole genome nanopore sequencing at The University of the West Indies (UWI) in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) and provide needed SARS-CoV-2 sequencing services for T&T and other Caribbean Public Health Agency Member States (CMS). Using the Oxford Nanopore Technologies MinION sequencing platform and ARTIC network sequencing protocols and bioinformatics pipeline, a total of 3610 SARS-CoV-2 positive RNA samples, received from 17 CMS, were sequenced in-situ during the period December 5th 2020 to December 31st 2021. Ninety-one Pango lineages, including those of five variants of concern (VOC), were identified. Genetic analysis revealed at least 260 introductions to the CMS from other global regions. For each of the 17 CMS, the percentage of reported COVID-19 cases sequenced by the COVID-19 IMPACT laboratory ranged from 0·02% to 3·80% (median = 1·12%). Sequences submitted to GISAID by our study represented 73·3% of all SARS-CoV-2 sequences from the 17 CMS available on the database up to December 31st 2021. Increased staffing, process and infrastructural improvement over the course of the project helped reduce turnaround times for reporting to originating institutions and sequence uploads to GISAID. Insights from our genomic surveillance network in the Caribbean region directly influenced non-pharmaceutical countermeasures in the CMS countries. However, limited availability of associated surveillance and clinical data made it challenging to contextualise the observed SARS-CoV-2 diversity and evolution, highlighting the need for development of infrastructure for collecting and integrating genomic sequencing data and sample-associated metadata

Maintaining (locus of) control? : Assessing the impact of locus of control on education decisions and wages

This paper establishes that individuals with an internal locus of control, i.e., who believe that reinforcement in life comes from their own actions instead of being determined by luck or destiny, earn higher wages. However, this positive effect only translates into labor income via the channel of education. Factor structure models are implemented on an augmented data set coming from two different samples. By so doing, we are able to correct for potential biases that arise due to reverse causality and spurious correlation, and to investigate the impact of premarket locus of control on later outcomes

Intuïtief ondernemen

‘Spiritueel zijn betekent het zoeken naar je authentieke zelf en denken, voelen en doen op basis van de persoonlijke kernwaarden die je vindt’, definieert Sharda Nandram. ‘Ieder mens heeft een buiten- en een binnenkant. In de managementliteratuur is men momenteel heel intensief bezig met die buitenkant. Vanuit een gebrek aan religie is een behoefte aan zingeving ontstaan, vandaar die belangstelling. Maar deze literatuur beperkt zich tot het fysieke, emotionele en mentale. De binnenkant, het hogere mentale en spirituele, behandelen die boeken niet. Ze focussen vooral op positief denken, want dat is het eenvoudigst te vertalen naar de doelgroep. Aandacht schenken aan je binnenkant is lastiger. Yoga is daarvoor voor mij het belangrijkste instrument, want het omvat alles. Het bepaalt hoe je in het leven staat, tegenover anderen. Hoe je met de natuur omgaat, en met je eigen lichaam.

Het MKB. De stille motor van de maakindustrie : De Achterhoekse krimpcrisis te lijf vanuit authenticiteit, noaberschap en intuïtie

Sommige streken van Nederland zijn op dit moment onderhevig aan een bevolkingskrimp. Dit heeft zijn weerslag op de economische activiteit in de getroffen regio’s. In dit artikel wordt beschreven hoe in de Achterhoek ondernemers, de overheid en maatschappelijke organisaties gezamenlijk hebben gewerkt aan een oplossing voor dit probleem, en hoe het lectoraat Ondernemerschap van de Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen aan dit proces heeft bijgedragen, middels het interviewen van stakeholders en het geven van een workshop en een masterclass. Naar voren kwam dat het Achterhoekse MKB vakmanschap, innovatiedrang en samenwerking (noaberschap) wil versterken, met de nadruk op de stille kracht - oftewel intuïtie en authenticiteit - als belangrijke alternatieve bronnen

Toppermanie

De Topper-manie: een uiting van ondernemersgeest in India of het begin van het einde van de economische groei

De voordelen van mindfullness voor het bedrijfsleven

Binnen het domein van spiritualiteit is het onderzoeksgebied mindfulness onmisbaar, vooral door de studies naar effecten van meditatie, mentale focus en de voordelen van reflectie technieken. Mindfulness, een term die geen goed equivalent heeft in de Nederlandse taal, kunnen we opvatten als bewust handelen. Het is van oorsprong een oude spirituele techniek die is aangepast aan de moderne tijd met het doel om scherper waar te nemen, ruis in de waarneming te verminderen, te ontspannen en om diepere niveaus van het bewustzijn te bereiken. Dit artikel gaat in op de relevantie van mindfulness voor het bedrijfsleven. Op welke wijze kunnen we beide met elkaar verbinden en waar ontmoeten beide werelden van spiritualiteit en materie elkaar? Mindfulness is uitgebreid onderzocht in hersenonderzoek. Het is een geaccepteerd terrein in het Westen omdat het los staat van religie, wetenschappelijk is bewezen effectief te zijn en omdat het multidimensioneel is. Het wordt veel toegepast in het onderwijs, de sportwereld en recentelijk ook in het bedrijfsleven. In dit artikel behandel ik wat mindfulness is en hoe het bruikbaar kan worden gemaakt voor het bedrijfsleven