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Abstract Background Gait decline in older adults is related to falling risk, some of which contribute to injurious falls requiring medical attention or restriction of activity of daily living. Among injurious falls, distal radius fracture (DRF) is a common initial fragility fracture associated with the subsequent fracture risk in postmenopausal females. The recent invention of an inertial measurement unit (IMU) facilitates the assessment of free-living gait; however, little is known about the daily gait characteristics related to the risk of subsequent fractures. We hypothesized that females with DRF might have early changes in foot kinematics in daily gait. The aim of this study was to evaluate the daily-life gait characteristics related to the risk of falls and fracture. Methods In this cross-sectional study, we recruited 27 postmenopausal females with DRF as their first fragility fracture and 28 age-matched females without a history of fragility fractures. The participants underwent daily gait assessments for several weeks using in-shoe IMU sensors. Eight gait parameters and each coefficient of variance were calculated. Some physical tests, such as hand grip strength and Timed Up and Go tests, were performed to check the baseline functional ability. Results The fracture group showed lower foot angles of dorsiflexion and plantarflexion in the swing phase. The receiver operating characteristic curve analyses revealed that a total foot movement angle (TFMA)

Sugar consumption has been associated with some diseases such as diabetes mellitus in Indonesia. Qualitative informations regarding sugar consumption patterns among adult individuals is an essential approach to construct appropriate approaches to the emerging problems. The qualitative descriptive method with the phenomenological approach of this research employed a purposive sample technique with data saturation as the number determinant. The key informants who meet the requirements and are willing to participate are given an Informed Consent to be filled in before the interview. Interviews were done by semi structured guided questions. The Colaizzi 7 steps qualitative analysis technique are used to examine the data obtained 7 key informants participated voluntarily in this study. Results: There are 3 sub-themes emerged from the verbatim data: sugar sources, adjustment of the type of sugar intake, attempts to change sugar consumption patterns, and interventions related to sugar eating habits. The three sub-themes formed three major themes: the pattern of sugar intake and consumption time in daily routine, the attempt to change the habits of sugar consumption, the approach in changing the patterns of sugar consuming habits in adults through experience and knowledge, daily practice and through health education. As a health educator, it is expected to be able to modify society’s sugar consumption habits.

PERMA is a multidimensional framework that explains well-being through five hedonic and eudaimonic psychological elements–Positive emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Accomplishment. Soon after the PERMA framework was proposed, PERMA-Profiler was introduced as a validated assessment tool for measuring these five elements of well-being from a global perspective. The current study aimed to shed further light onto the measurement of PERMA elements, extending it beyond global evaluations, to daily life assessments and the examination of individual differences in their dynamic characteristics. We introduce mPERMA (momentary PERMA), as an EMA-adapted version of the PERMA-Profiler measure, to assess well-being in daily life. Using data collected in an Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) study (N = 160), we first demonstrate the factor structure of mPERMA through a multilevel factor analysis and next examine within-person means and the dynamics of change (e.g., intra-individual variability) in the PERMA elements. Findings revealed that mPERMA displays convergent validity with two global measures of hedonic and eudaimonic well-being, namely Flourishing and Subjective Well-Being. Moreover, dynamical characteristics of the five elements of well-being measured over time, map onto their corresponding hedonic or eudaimonic global measures of well-being. Results of this paper present how dynamical features of well-being in daily life provide novel insights into predicting global well-being. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The rituals, ceremonies and effervescence of the sacred manifest themselves in digital culture not only through the proliferation of new religious cults. They do so through the online actualisation of traditional religious forms but also the spiritual elevation of objects (Houtman & Meyer, 2012), practices (Carolyn, 2014) or ephemeral, playful and dreamlike images (Susca, 2016). In most cases, they involve figures that evoke the most sensitive and immaterial aspects of experience: its flesh (Esposito, 2004; Henry, 2000) and its imaginary (Durand, 1992). This is the actualisation of what Durkheim (2008) called the "social divine". We are thus witnessing the proliferation of a multitude of small churches characterised by a low degree of institutionalisation and a high symbolic and emotional density (Maffesoli, 2020). In this sense, digital sociality acquires a decisive value in transfiguring ordinary life, the realm of the profane, into a mythical and mystical experience, brushing up against the sacred in its wildest form (Bastide, 1975). Indeed, the relationships that emerge from these media landscapes reveal a capacity to associate what is separate in time and space, previously belonging to the spiritual and transcendent orders (Davis, 1999). Thus, the culture of connection and sharing actualises in secular spheres a whole set of symbolic experiences reminiscent of religious mysteries (Campbell, 2012). This imaginary modifies the modern relationship between technology and society according to a paradigm that could be called "technomagic". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study explored the effectiveness of screen readers on the academic life of higher education students with visual impairments, including reading, writing, access to the internet, exams, and general information for their courses. This study was designed as a qualitative study and applied a phenomenological approach in order to discuss the experiences of higher education students who use screen readers as assistive technology. One college student and six graduate students with visual impairments were interviewed in the United States. The findings revealed that higher education students with visual impairments benefitted from screen readers; however, they also noted some limitations: difficulties in accessing printed classroom materials, inaccessible digital content, and time lost due to technical issues. Students with visual impairments should be offered accessible documents such as electronic versions of classroom materials, accessible PDFs and websites, and software compatible with JAWS. Universities should provide accessibility training for lecturers who want to better serve students with visual impairments. University information technology services need to train their technical services staff about screen readers to provide 24/7 professional services for students with visual impairments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Gait decline in older adults is related to falling risk, some of which contribute to injurious falls requiring medical attention or restriction of activity of daily living. Among injurious falls, distal radius fracture (DRF) is a common initial fragility fracture associated with the subsequent fracture risk in postmenopausal females. The recent invention of an inertial measurement unit (IMU) facilitates the assessment of free-living gait; however, little is known about the daily gait characteristics related to the risk of subsequent fractures. We hypothesized that females with DRF might have early changes in foot kinematics in daily gait. The aim of this study was to evaluate the daily-life gait characteristics related to the risk of falls and fracture. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we recruited 27 postmenopausal females with DRF as their first fragility fracture and 28 age-matched females without a history of fragility fractures. The participants underwent daily gait assessments for several weeks using in-shoe IMU sensors. Eight gait parameters and each coefficient of variance were calculated. Some physical tests, such as hand grip strength and Timed Up and Go tests, were performed to check the baseline functional ability. Results: The fracture group showed lower foot angles of dorsiflexion and plantarflexion in the swing phase. The receiver operating characteristic curve analyses revealed that a total foot movement angle (TFMA) < 99.0 degrees was the risk of subsequent fracture. Conclusions: We extracted the daily-life gait characteristics of patients with DRF using in-shoe IMU sensors. A lower foot angle in the swing phase, TFMA, may be associated with the risk of subsequent fractures, which may be effective in evaluating future fracture risk. Further studies to predict and prevent subsequent fractures from daily-life gait are warranted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background Stress is closely related to migraine attacks， however， previous studies on stressors， stress responses and their impact on the daily life of college students with migraine remain unclear. Objective To explore the impact of stressors and stress responses on the daily life of college students with migraine， in order to provide references for improving daily life of this population. Methods From August 2018 to August 2019， 458 students from North Sichuan Medical College who met the International Classification of Headache Diseases third edition （ICHD-3）， were selected using random sampling method. General data and headache characteristics were collected. The 6-item Headache Impact Test Questionnaire （HIT-6） was used to assess the impact of migraine on daily life. Student-Life Stress Inventory （SLSI） was used to assess the stressors and stress responses. Hamilton Anxiety Scale （HAMA） and Hamilton Depression Scale-24 item （HAMD-24） were used to assess anxiety and depressive symptoms. Pearson correlation analysis were used to examine the relationship between HIT-6 score and scores on various scales. Multiple linear regression was used to analyze the influencing factors on daily life in college students with migraine. Results In the SLSI， stressors in the dimensions of frustration （r=0.138， P<0.01）， conflict （r=0.168， P<0.01）， pressure （r=0.157， P<0.01）， change （r=0.148， P<0.01）， self-imposed （r=0.158， P<0.01） ， as well as physiological response （r=0.256， P<0.01）， emotional response （r=0.241， P<0.01）， behavioral response （r=0.164， P<0.01）， HAMA total score （r=0.192， P<0.01）， dHAMD-24 total score （r=0.250， P<0.01）， and SLSI total score （r=0.250， P<0.01）， were positively correlated with HIT-6 score. Cognitive response （r=-0.104， P<0.05） was negatively correlated with HIT-6 score. Stepwise multiple linear regression revealed that physiological response （β=0.140， P<0.05）， anxiety （β=0.159， P<0.05）， and cognitive response （β=-0.091， P<0.05） could predict the impact on daily life of college students with migraine. Conclusion Physiological response， cognitive response and anxiety may be the independent influencing factors on the daily life of college students with migraine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A defining feature of biculturalism is the experience of switching back and forth between different cultural ways of being and acting in the world. This work investigates antecedents of this switching process using a cultural adaptation of the Day Reconstruction Method, in which participants divide the previous day into episodes and then rate these episodes on various criteria. We hypothesized that episode characteristics (specifically, language used) and stable personal dispositions (specifically, mainstream and heritage cultural orientations) would independently and interactively predict migrants' cultural identification during an episode. We examined three types of identification among Russian-speaking migrants to Canada (N = 109): mainstream ("Canadian"); heritage ("Russian"); and mainstream–heritage hybrid ("Russian-Canadian"). Results of multilevel regression analyses supported our hypotheses overall. A more positive orientation to a given cultural group and the use of that group's language(s) were associated with stronger identification with that group during an episode. Language Use × Cultural Orientation interactions were evident for heritage and hybrid situational identification. The positive association between heritage orientation and situational heritage identification was stronger during episodes when the heritage language was not used than when it was used. A positive heritage orientation was associated with greater situational hybrid identification only during episodes when a mainstream language was used. The results are consistent with the perspective that acculturation is a multifaceted, contextual, and dynamic process whereby people acquire and flexibly use multiple cultural repertoires to meet both their general goals and the cultural demands of specific situations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Obesity can limit occupational participation because of physical and mental barriers. Weight loss programmes emphasizing dietary and physical activity may lower body weight; however, mental barriers and sustainable weight loss seemed to be challenged. Weight loss influences daily patterns and structure of occupations and finding a balance in daily life during the weight loss process might improve sustainable weight loss. To explore if and how health professionals conducting weight loss programmes in Danish municipalities address elements related to occupational balance in the daily life of citizens with obesity. Twenty individual interviews with health professionals from Danish municipalities were conducted and analysed. (1) Helping participants find the time and energy to lose weight, (2) Emphasizing small steps for sustainable changes and (3) Utilizing the citizen's life experience for direction. Elements of occupational balance might be addressed by the participants, however values and meaningfulness regarding occupations seem to be missing. Integrating occupational balance in weight loss programmes could enable health professionals to understand and address sustainable weight loss. Occupational therapists may be ideally suited to support citizens with obesity to sustain weight loss by supporting a balanced life focussing on meaningfulness and values in occupations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The defective self model of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) theorizes that individuals who are highly self-critical are more likely to choose NSSI to regulate emotions. This model indirectly suggests that individuals who engage in NSSI may experience more self-conscious emotions in response to negative social feedback, increasing risk for near-term NSSI. This study examined (1) whether individuals with a history of NSSI (vs. without) display greater self-conscious and negative emotional reactions to daily social stressors, and more problematic features of these daily social stressors, and (2) whether greater-than-usual negative emotional reactions and social stressor features predict NSSI urges and behaviors in daily life. Participants were 134 female college students with recent, recurrent NSSI (n = 77) or no NSSI history (n = 57). Participants completed baseline measures of socioemotional functioning and a two-week daily diary protocol. The NSSI (vs. no NSSI) group reported significantly greater self-conscious and negative emotional reactions to daily social stressors, and social stressors characterized by greater dysfunction. In the NSSI group, experiencing social stressors characterized by greater distress than one's average during the daily diary period was associated with same-day NSSI urges and behavior, greater confusion than one's average predicted same-day NSSI urges, and greater conflict than one's average predicted same-day NSSI behavior. Greater self-conscious and negative emotional reactions to these stressors than one's average predicted same-day NSSI urges and behavior. Limitations include reliance on self-report, a once-daily assessment, and lack of generalizability to other samples. Interpersonal conflict and increased self-conscious emotions pose vulnerability for NSSI. Prevention and intervention efforts would benefit from including a focus on interpersonal functioning. • Individuals with recurrent NSSI endorse more problematic features of daily social stressors. • Individuals with NSSI show greater self-conscious emotions to daily social stress. • More-than-usual social stress is linked to daily NSSI urges and behaviors. • Greater-than-usual negative emotional reactions to stress are linked to daily NSSI. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is associated with emotion regulation difficulties. However, our understanding of these difficulties has been limited by the reliance of previous work on retrospective trait self-reports, which are unable to capture dynamic, ecologically-valid use of emotion regulation strategies. To address this issue, this study used an ecological momentary assessment (EMA) design to understand the impact of PTSD on emotion regulation in daily life. We conducted an EMA study in a trauma exposed sample with varying levels of PTSD severity (N = 70; 7 days; 423 observations). We found that PTSD severity was linked to greater use of disengagement and perseverative-based strategies to manage negative emotions, regardless of emotional intensity. Study design did not allow investigation into the temporal use of emotion regulation strategies and small sample size. This pattern of responding to emotions may interfere with engaging with the fear structure and thus impair emotion processing in current frontline treatments; clinical implications are discussed. • Used ecological momentary assessment to investigate emotion regulation in PTSD • Results indicate a preference for rumination, suppression, and distraction in daily life. • Cognitive reappraisal and relaxation were not associated with PTSD severity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Caregivers and infants co-regulate their physiology, emotions, and behavior in a way that is dynamically responsive to each other and the contexts in which they live. This paper is an introduction and call to action for researchers interested in understanding how to study caregiver-infant interactions in the home and diverse cultural contexts, including marginalized communities. We argue that research will be more valid, culturally relevant, and tapped-in to the daily lives of caregivers and infants if there is partnership and collaboration with the caregivers in the design of the questions, data collection and analysis, and distribution of the findings. We recommend dynamically assessing emotions, behaviors, and physiology using repeated sampling methods including ecological momentary assessments (EMA), salivary bioscience, and actigraphy. We aim to extend current practices of studying caregiver-infant co-regulation by measuring fluctuations of daily life and considering sociocultural factors that shape naturalistic caregiver-infant interactions. Using methodological advancements and community-based participatory research approaches can enable developmental scientists to measure life as it is actually lived.

Omar Tugrul Inancer, who grew up in a family and environment with Ottoman remnants, is a person who received his mystic education and manners by personally experiencing it from the environment where he grew up. He was a Sūfī, a man of faith who was “bred at the bottom of the knee”, so to speak, of the perfect masters of his time, who were considered important. Although he described himself as “sofimeshrep” in order not to use his Sūfī identity either because of the current conditions or as an advertising element, his qualification as a murshid-e-kamil has always attracted attention. The hadith, “Believers do not die but rather migrate from some place to another” which is frequently mentioned in forty hadith translations in verse was often used by Omar Tugrul Inancer. He himself “migrated” to the hereafter on September 4, 2022. Inançer, who is a very good orator, has many works written in conversational style. It is among the aims of this article to evaluate the mysticism and daily life in his book, Vakte Karşı Sözler (Words Against Time), the first edition of which was published in 2006, in terms of our language. The book essentially consists of translating a Sūfī conversation carried out by Ayse Sasa Oran with Omar Tugrul Inancer. The audio recording of this conversation was later deciphered by Berat Demirci and was also made into a book. There are two titles in this book on the subject of Sufism and daily life. The first of these is the conversation that took place around the questions asked by Ayse Sasa. The second was held in 2003 at the Turkish Literature Foundation. This is the text of the conference given by Omar Tugrul Inancer. In this study, the effects of some mystical words in our language will be evaluated with the determinations of İnançer, based on both texts.

XVIII. yüzyıl Osmanlı devlet adamlarından Silahdar İbrahim Paşa enderun yazıcılığı, hazine kethüdalığı ve silahdarlık makamlarında bulunmuş, çeşitli eyaletlerde beylerbeylik yapmıştır. II. Mustafa’nın kızı Ayşe Sultan ile 1720 yılında evlenerek damad-ı şehriyari unvanını almıştır. Osmanlı-İran savaşlarında seraskerlik görevinde bulunmuştur. 1724 yılında vazifesinden azledilmiş ve İçel sancakbeyliği ile görevlendirilmiştir. İçel sancağına hareketi esnasında vefat etmiş ve hakkında çıkan iddialardan dolayı malları devlet tarafından müsadere edilmiştir. Müsadere işlemi sırasında kâtip ve memurların dikkatli bir sayım yaptığı, her şeyi en ince ayrıntısına kadar kaydettiği görülmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı İbrahim Paşa’dan geriye kalanların transkriptini ve değerlendirilmesini yapmak değildir. Bu çalışmanın amacı XVIII. yüzyıl Osmanlı dünyasında taşrada görev yapan bir devlet adamının giyim-kuşam tarzının nasıl olduğu, ev dekorasyonun nasıl meydana geldiği, seferlerde veya teşrifat törenlerinde neler kullandığı sorularına cevap bulmaktır. Kaynak olarak Cumhurbaşkanlığı Osmanlı Arşivi Maliyeden Müdevver Defterler kataloğunda yer alan MAD.d 665 numaralı defter kullanılmıştır. Ayrıca diğer arşiv malzemeleri ve bu konu ile ilgili yazılan araştırma ve inceleme eserlerden istifade edilmiştir.

On its way to liberalism and, above all, in relation to the difficulties that characterized this moment, the 19th century was fundamental in the configuration of the societies of Mexican cities and, in particular, of peripheral neighborhoods. This process is discussed in this article from a phenomenological and hermeneutic position and with ethnographic and historiographic tools. It considers the cases of the vice-royal neighborhoods of Analco and La Luz in the baroque city of Puebla. Historical factors are described that shaped its processes during a public health emergency. It is shown that the everyday life of its inhabitants had a dual character, mediated by religiosity and science. Thus, the streets functioned and still do function as the neighborhood center, the symbolic site of this syncretism and the site for neighborhood tactics in the protective search for a sense of identity. Also, the eventual and the permanent are found in the streets, where space becomes where one is and lives, as the symbol of attachment and belonging. The relevance of the text lies in the fact that it offers a privileged testimonial position for understanding what was done and what was understood during a disruptive event like COVID-19 from a social and collective lens. In addition, this text contributes to documenting the origin of new elements that add to existing immaterial heritage.

In this paper, we present m-Path (www.m-Path.io), an online platform that provides an easy-to-use and highly tailorable framework for implementing smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment (EMA) and intervention (EMI) in both research and clinical practice in the context of blended care. Because real-time monitoring and intervention in people's everyday lives have unparalleled benefits compared to traditional data collection techniques (e.g., retrospective surveys or lab-based experiments), EMA and EMI have become popular in recent years. Although a surge in the use of these methods has led to a myriad of EMA and EMI applications, many existing platforms only focus on a single aspect of daily life data collection (e.g., assessment vs. intervention, active self-report vs. passive mobile sensing, research-dedicated vs. clinically-oriented tools). With m-Path, we aim to integrate all of these facets into a single platform, as it is exactly this all-in-one approach that fosters the clinical utility of accumulated scientific knowledge. To this end, we offer a comprehensive platform to set up complex and highly adjustable EMA and EMI designs with advanced functionalities, using an intuitive point-and click web interface that is accessible for researchers and clinicians with limited programming skills. We discuss the strengths of daily life data collection and intervention in general and m-Path in particular. We describe the regular workflow to set up an EMA or EMI design within the m-Path framework, and summarize both the basic functionalities and more advanced features of our software.

The rituals, ceremonies and effervescence of the sacred manifest themselves in digital culture not only through the proliferation of new religious cults. They do so through the online actualisation of traditional religious forms but also the spiritual elevation of objects (Houtman & Meyer, 2012), practices (Carolyn, 2014) or ephemeral, playful and dreamlike images (Susca, 2016). In most cases, they involve figures that evoke the most sensitive and immaterial aspects of experience: its flesh (Esposito, 2004; Henry, 2000) and its imaginary (Durand, 1992). This is the actualisation of what Durkheim (2008) called the “social divine”. We are thus witnessing the proliferation of a multitude of small churches characterised by a low degree of institutionalisation and a high symbolic and emotional density (Maffesoli, 2020). In this sense, digital sociality acquires a decisive value in transfiguring ordinary life, the realm of the profane, into a mythical and mystical experience, brushing up against the sacred in its wildest form (Bastide, 1975). Indeed, the relationships that emerge from these media landscapes reveal a capacity to associate what is separate in time and space, previously belonging to the spiritual and transcendent orders (Davis, 1999). Thus, the culture of connection and sharing actualises in secular spheres a whole set of symbolic experiences reminiscent of religious mysteries (Campbell, 2012). This imaginary modifies the modern relationship between technology and society according to a paradigm that could be called “technomagic”.

To monitor adherence to diets and to design and evaluate nutritional interventions, it is essential to obtain objective knowledge about eating behavior. In most research, measures of eating behavior are based on self-reporting, such as 24-h recalls, food records (food diaries) and food frequency questionnaires. Self-reporting is prone to inaccuracies due to inaccurate and subjective recall and other biases. Recording behavior using nonobtrusive technology in daily life would overcome this. Here, we provide an up-to-date systematic overview encompassing all (close-to) publicly or commercially available technologies to automatically record eating behavior in real-life settings. A total of 1328 studies were screened and, after applying defined inclusion and exclusion criteria, 122 studies were included for in-depth evaluation. Technologies in these studies were categorized by what type of eating behavior they measure and which type of sensor technology they use. In general, we found that relatively simple sensors are often used. Depending on the purpose, these are mainly motion sensors, microphones, weight sensors and photo cameras. While several of these technologies are commercially available, there is still a lack of publicly available algorithms that are needed to process and interpret the resulting data. We argue that future work should focus on developing robust algorithms and validating these technologies in real-life settings. Combining technologies (e.g., prompting individuals for self-reports at sensed, opportune moments) is a promising route toward ecologically valid studies of eating behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Religion as a social phenomenon, although relatively changing, has a potential power in every society that is effective in many issues from the social relations established by individuals to their individual and social behaviors, from the attitudes they adopt in the face of the events or situations they experience to the legitimization of their relevant roles together with their status or position. Thanks to this power, religion also performs many functions necessary for the construction of everyday life. However, the scope of these functions varies according to the socialization backgrounds of individuals and their capacity to represent religion. The study focuses on whether the use and usage areas of religion or religious values as a social capital differs according to generations. The field data of the study are collected from the central district of Isparta province and the rural areas within the borders of the adjacent area. The data obtained as a result of the application of the questionnaire created to test the hypotheses of the research to the subjects are analyzed by using the chi-square independence test. By analyzing the data obtained during the application phase of the research, it is determined that the effect of religion or religious values on family relations, neighborly and friendship relations and relationships established in the shopping process differs in certain proportions according to generations. In addition, it is determined that generations have different thoughts about showing that they are a believer in social environments that enter and exit in daily life. As an example, considered in this direction it is observed that the expressions used in the salutation behavior, which is also a religious symbol, and the environments in which these expressions are used differ according to generations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The reconstruction of Confucianism during the Song dynasty is an important issue in the history of Chinese thought. Song scholar-officials not only introduced ideological innovations and founded the new type of Confucianist "School of Universal Principle" known as "Neo-Confucianism," but also, in their reconstruction of Confucianism, attended to the specific rituals and introduced the concepts and values of the school into people's daily life and habits. The observance of ritual privately at home – using ritual to "instruct" and "admonish" the family – became the way for scholar-officials to embody Confucian values effectively in daily life. Song family rituals developed differences from previous eras with respect to text, structure, and meaning. However, as rituals that comprehensively arranged the order of Confucian daily life, they were not merely a static Neo-Confucian text and system. Rather, scholar-officials' ritual activities were always the concrete, dynamic aspect of the Confucian revival movement. Therefore, we must begin the discussion of family rituals from a wider perspective, first by exploring the motivation and goals of scholar-officials' rituals. We will then discover how frustrated and compromised scholar-officials of the period felt when the pattern of daily life they had created proved difficult to accommodate to the real world. We will finally take note of the value system that this pattern was meant to demonstrate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study of daily life shows us how a person can innovate and devise different and creative actions, with which he contributes to reshaping his reality, although there are other influences and factors that impose themselves or determine the main aspects of social behaviour, such as roles, standards and common expectations. ., However, individuals tend to perceive reality around them in different and varying ways depending on the nature of the backgrounds in which they grew up, from a sociological point of view, understanding the conditions of social interaction helps in understanding and studying daily life. Accordingly, the aim of our work is to introduce the contributions of sociology to the study of daily life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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(1) Background: There are increasing numbers of doctoral students globally. Poor mental health and well-being among university students, including doctoral students, is a growing concern globally, not least in this post-pandemic era. Engaging in a range of activities every day and maintaining balance between necessary and desired activities is believed to improve health and increase well-being. However, little is currently known about the daily life, activity balance and well-being of doctoral students. This study explored and described the daily life experiences of doctoral students and how pursuing their degree impacted their activity balance and well-being. (2) Method: Purposive sampling methods were used in this qualitative interpretive descriptive study to recruit 10 doctoral students in an Irish university. The data were generated through individual semi-structured interviews and thematically analysed. (3) Findings: Doctoral students have a range of roles, responsibilities and activities that they need to and want to engage in daily. For many, balancing their daily activities and roles alongside their doctoral degree is challenging. Undertaking a doctoral degree can have both a positive and negative impact on well-being. (4) Conclusions: Obtaining an insight into the perspectives and daily life experiences of doctoral students allows for a better understanding of the students' journey. Supporting the well-being of doctoral students is essential to enhance their doctoral education and assist them in successfully completing their degree. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hirschspung's disease (HD) is a congenital gastrointestinal (GI) disorder frequently accompanied by GI complaints. Despite the lack of evidence regarding whether diet affects GI symptoms, advice on dietary changes is common. The aim was to investigate self-reported dietary effects on GI symptoms, comparing children with HD with healthy children. This was an observational, cross-sectional, self-reported case-control study using the validated Diet and Bowel Function questionnaire. All children with HD aged 1–18 years were surgically treated during 2003–2021 at a national HD center, and their parents were invited to participate. Healthy children served as controls. The data were presented as median (range) and n (%). 71/85 children with HD (6 years (1–17); 76% boys) and 265/300 controls (9 years (1–18); 52% boys) participated. Dietary effects on GI symptoms were reported more frequently by children with HD than controls (55/71 [77%] vs. 137/265 [52%], p ≤ 0.001), as were dietary adjustments to improve GI symptoms (49/71 [69%] vs. 84/265 [32%], p ≤ 0.001), and social limitations due to dietary adjustments (20/48 [42%] vs. 22/121 [18%], p = 0.002). Of 90 food items, children with HD reported that more of the items induced GI symptoms compared to controls (7 (0–66) vs. 2 (0–34), p = 0.001). Diet-induced GI symptoms and dietary adjustments' impact on daily life are reported more frequently by children with HD than controls. Moreover, the number and types of food items causing GI symptoms differ. The results indicate the need for disease-specific dietary advice to improve support for families of children with HD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Demographic change is leading to an increasing proportion of older employees in the labor market. At the same time, work activities are becoming more and more complex and require a high degree of flexibility, adaptability, and cognitive performance. Cognitive control mechanism, which is subject to age-related changes and is important in numerous everyday and work activities, plays a special role. Executive functions with its core functions updating, shifting, and inhibition comprises cognitive control mechanisms that serve to plan, coordinate, and achieve higher-level goals especially in inexperienced and conflicting actions. In this review, influences of age-related changes in cognitive control are demonstrated with reference to work and real-life activities, in which the selection of an information or response in the presence of competing but taskirrelevant stimuli or responses is particularly required. These activities comprise the understanding of spoken language under difficult listening conditions, dual-task walking, car driving in critical traffic situations, and coping with work interruptions. Mechanisms for compensating age-related limitations in cognitive control and their neurophysiological correlates are discussed with a focus on EEG measures. The examples illustrate how to access influences of age and cognitive control on and in everyday and work activities, focusing on its functional role for the work ability and well-being of older people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Typical measures of laboratory reactivity (i.e. difference between control and stress) and recovery (i.e. difference between stress and post‐stress) were compared with a conventional measure of daily‐life reactivity, best known as event‐related stress. Fifty‐three healthy individuals between 19 and 35 years of age took part in a laboratory session where stress was induced using the repeated Montreal Imaging Stress Task and 8 days of experience sampling method. Measures of negative affect, heart rate (HR), HR variability, and skin conductance level were collected. Findings show no strong associations between laboratory and daily life measures with the exception of laboratory affective recovery and daily life reactivity. Findings and their implications are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this research is to re-describe the devastating earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş on 06 February 2023 in a new situation outside of their daily lives for earthquake victims, their concerns about the future, their changing living conditions, in short, the social effects of the disaster. In the research, the experiences of the earthquake victims during the earthquake, the damage and losses, the rescue and aid activities, and the dimensions of the eco-psycho-social problems they experienced after the earthquake were tried to be understood from their perspective. In addition, the meaning attributed by the earthquake victims to the disaster they experienced was tried to be revealed. The study was carried out using the observation and flexible qualitative interview technique of 20 participants in Mersin KYK Dormitory and Mersin Karaduvar neighborhood, where they were placed 25 days after the earthquakes, which had a devastating effect in terms of loss of life and property. The interviews were carried out in the natural flow of the subject, paying great attention / care not to be disturbed without being interrupted. The importance of cooperation between civil society and the state has always been emphasized. World views about the future have changed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and explore the efficacy of the Arm Activity Tracker (AAT). The AAT is a device based on wrist-worn accelerometers that provides visual and tactile feedback to stimulate daily life upper extremity (UE) activity in stroke patients. Methods: A randomised, crossover within-subject study was conducted in sub-acute stroke patients admitted to a rehabilitation centre. Feasibility encompassed (1) adherence: the dropout rate and the number of participants with insufficient AAT data collection; (2) acceptance: the technology acceptance model (range: 7–112) and (3) usability: the system usability scale (range: 0–100). A two-way ANOVA was used to estimate the difference between the baseline, intervention and control conditions for (1) paretic UE activity and (2) UE activity ratio. Results: Seventeen stroke patients were included. A 29% dropout rate was observed, and two participants had insufficient data collection. Participants who adhered to the study reported good acceptance (median (IQR): 94 (77–111)) and usability (median (IQR): 77.5 (75–78.5)-). We found small to medium effect sizes favouring the intervention condition for paretic UE activity (η2G = 0.07, p = 0.04) and ratio (η2G = 0.11, p = 0.22). Conclusion: Participants who adhered to the study showed good acceptance and usability of the AAT and increased paretic UE activity. Dropouts should be further evaluated, and a sufficiently powered trial should be performed to analyse efficacy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The global pandemic of covid-19 has made visible multiple phenomena that remained latent, but had not manifested themselves in the daily life of urban life. From the event that led to the irruption of this new virus, the consolidation of an essentially digital life that modifies social dynamics in a world that is already hyperdigitalized arises. This article analyzes the recent pandemic in line with the potentialization of the use of social networks and its impact on different spheres of the daily life of young people in the city of Bucaramanga during the year 2020, focusing attention on the phenomenon of the infodemic and its link with mental health. The methodology used is qualitative with an interpretative orientation. The hermeneutic approach guides the analysis of the information that comes from the experience of 80 students of the academic program of History and Archival Studies of the Universidad Industrial de Santander. It is concluded that the pandemic, together with the digital phenomena that manifested from it, decisively influenced the mental health of the young people who participated in the study, who understand this event as a destabilizing event of daily life that gave new meanings to the usual conception of "normality". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This research, which focuses on the reflection of problem-based learning applied in social studies course on students' daily life, aims to examine whether the results of the researcher's PhD dissertation (Bayram, 2021) completed in 2021 are still valid in 2022. This research was conducted one year after the end of the experimental process of the dissertation as a separate research. The research was conducted as a case study. The participant group consisted of one social studies teacher, 10 students, and the parents of those students. The data were collected through observation and interview techniques. A checklist was used to collect observation data, and two semi-structured interview forms were used to collect interview data. The data were analyzed with descriptive analysis technique. At the end of the research, it was determined that the entrepreneurship, skills, values, and other effective characteristics that the students gained during the experimental process of the PhD dissertation were largely reflected in students' daily lives even one year after the end of the experimental process of the dissertation. Depending on the results of the research, various recommendations were developed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Demand forecasting is an important method for dealing with the supply-demand relationship in social resource management. The demands of daily life discussed in this study are mainly about hotels, restaurants, gas stations, drugstores, shopping malls, etc. Accurate demand forecasting can help enterprises meet people’s needs properly, especially since COVID-19 has spread worldwide and significantly changed people’s lives. Previous studies have proven the effectiveness of statistical and deep learning models in demand forecasting, including the Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA), Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), and their variants. These methods focus only on one-step prediction of one demand and do not perform well in long-term or multi-step predictions. To address this issue, we propose a framework called the Deep Spatial-Temporal Neural Network (DSTNN) for multi-demand forecasting, which performs well in long short-term forecasting. The DSTNN adopts a transformer encoder-based structure and establishes a direct correlation between the demand distribution and spatiotemporal features. The transformer encoder is designed to learn high-order feature interactions. An auxiliary task of pandemic trend forecasting was used to help the main task learn about pandemic trends. As regional mobility affects the spread of COVID-19, a population mobility graph was designed to achieve a better spatial feature representation. The DSTNN eliminates the dependency on historical sequential data, which helps the model to perform well in long-term forecasting, and its performance does not obviously decline as the prediction period increases. The experimental results show that the DSTNN performs much better than conventional models, particularly in terms of long-term forecasting.

In the early period of the Republic of Turkey, sports clubs played a critical role in the promotion of sports in the public sphere, particularly less widespread sports, and the transformation of sporting activities into recreational leisure activities. This was all done in line with the physical training policies of the state. During this period, Ankara sports clubs introduced different qualities to modern leisure activities within new ‘locales', and so played an active role in the transformation of urban space. They did this through the use of recreational leisure activities to emphasise a sense of belonging, entertainment, and recreation amongst the citizens. This study considers the sporting events, as well as the locales where they took place, that were organized by sport clubs in Ankara, the new capital. The period considered begins in 1922, when the institutionalization of sports began with the formation of The Turkish Alliance of Associations Promoting Exercise, until 1946 when the sporting activities were more comprehensively organised. Analysis of the transformation of sports activities into recreational leisure activities, as well as the role of sports clubs in redefining daily life and urban space, considers a variety, in terms of scales and qualities, of activities and locales. The Ankara daily newspaper Hakimiyet-i Milliye [which was renamed Ulus in 1934), was the main primary source used in this study, although certain weekly magazines, such as Resimli Uyanış, (Servet-i Fünun) and Gol Spor, were used to obtain further information and analysis of events and locations.

This article is part of a study carried out between 2018 and 2021, designed to analyze the dynamics of the commercialization of religious and spiritual products in the city of Santiago de Chile. The study focuses on the daily experiences and needs of the believers and users who frequent this space. In contrast to those interpretations that emphasize the calculated search for spiritual benefit as the main driver of decisionmaking in open religious economies, this study analyzes the day-to-day dynamics and motivations that lead individuals to engage in transactions of goods and services in accordance with their practical needs. It also sheds light on their fears, disappointments and hopes, as well as their ability to reconnect with the sacred. To this end, a qualitative design was used, based on ethnographies, in-depth interviews and observations in stores selling religious, spiritual, magical, and esoteric items, as well as on the streets and passages in the city’s historic center where a variety of services (divination, healing, protection) are offered. The results support the existence of flexible individuals who construct their belief systems in relation to the challenges and needs they face in their daily lives, beyond the theological and dogmatic restrictions defined by institutions. They also account for the constitution of associative networks built by suppliers and consumers, which amplifies the impact of new or novel religious/spiritual experiences through multiple interactions with hybrid belief systems.

This article proposes an innovative direction for Christian social practice by reclaiming and revitalizing the diaconate of all believers. While the ministry of the laity received attention in ecumenical circles in past decades, the diaconate of all believers now needs elaboration and reception. A focus on the diaconate of all believers can provide a vital theological and practical paradigm for expanding Christian social practice. In this paradigm, diaconia engages the world through the involvements of Christian people in all their roles and relationships in life, including family, work, civic engagement, and church. Christian communities need to undertake focused education and intentional formation of the diaconate of all believers through their worship and educational practices. The liturgy provides substance for this formation process. Reclaiming the diaconate of all believers as a primary expression of the church's diaconal practice means reorienting the ministry of deacons, pastors, and bishops in relation to the universal diaconate. The recovery of the diaconate of all believers has significance for a revised ecclesiology and theology of ministry that places ministry in daily life at the forefront of Christian social practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Russian authorities' decision to go to war in Ukraine made Kaliningraders trapped inside the EU and forced them to re-organise their daily activities. Successive restrictions and limitations cut off Kaliningraders from the luxury of living a European life. The semi-exclave's residents are forced to face the new reality which responds to the role played by the Kaliningrad region regarding Russia, the EU and NATO. Once again, Kaliningraders are experiencing the primacy of the exclave's military character prevailing over the issues important to local communities. The primary objective of this article is to identify the socio-economic impact of the war in Ukraine. The present article is based on the results of qualitative research conducted with residents of the Kaliningrad Oblast. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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