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The importance of colour on the communication of financial data in management
Get PDFPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the importance of colour on the communication of financial
data in management and to encourage future discussion on related topic.
Design/methodology/approach – Hypothesis was designed building on relevant literatures. Quantitative
discrete data were collected through a mini-test activity in a lecture from students. The results were reviewed
and evaluated by relevant statistical tool.
Findings – The authors found consistent statistical significance results in the mini-test. The findings support
that users prefer to choose the financial data presented in cool colours in business management context.
Research limitations/implications – Gaining the understanding of colour’s influence on decision making
and behaviour is subjected to complexity. There are many other contextual factors should be taken into
consideration in practice. Although the design of the mini-test in this study is relatively simple, it still
provides clues for the issue. With the discussions and findings of this paper, the authors shed some light on
the direction of potential uses of colour on the communication of financial data in management context. The
findings could also be used by management educators to facilitate related discussions among students
regarding the complexity of business communication and the importance of perception in decision making.
For example, decision making could be affected by various factors (such as colour) outside verbal and text.
Originality/value – Managers often need to use financial data in communication for various purposes in
work place. The authors believe this is the first time that a study like this had been conducted to specifically
review and discuss the importance of colour on the communication of financial data in management.
Hopefully, the work reported in this paper could be viewed as reference for management educators,
researchers and managers in future research or practical applications on related topics
Prologue: Language Challenges in the 21st Century
Get PDFAs immigration and mobility increases, so do interactions between people from different linguistic backgrounds. Yet while linguistic diversity offers many benefits, it also comes with a number of challenges. In seven empirical articles and one commentary, this Special Issue addresses some of the most significant language challenges facing researchers in the 21st century: the power language has to form and perpetuate stereotypes, the contribution language makes to intersectional identities, and the role of language in shaping intergroup relations. By presenting work that aims to shed light on some of these issues, the goal of this Special Issue is to (a) highlight language as integral to social processes and (b) inspire researchers to address the challenges we face. To keep pace with the world’s constantly evolving linguistic landscape, it is essential that we make progress toward harnessing language’s power in ways that benefit 21st century globalized societies
Mathematical Modelling of DNA Methylation
Get PDFDNA methylation is a key epigenetic process which has been intimately associated with gene regulation. In recent years growing evidence has associated DNA methylation status with a variety of diseases including cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and cardiovascular disease. Moreover, changes to DNA methylation have also recently been implicated in the ageing process. The factors which underpin DNA methylation are complex, and remain to be fully elucidated. Over the years mathematical modelling has helped to shed light on the dynamics of this important molecular system. Although the existing models have contributed significantly to our overall understanding of DNA methylation, they fall short of fully capturing the dynamics of this process. In this work DNA methylation models are developed and improved and their suitability is demonstrated through mathematical analysis and computational simulation. In particular, a linear and nonlinear deterministic model are developed which capture more fully the dynamics of the key intracellular events which characterise DNA methylation. Furthermore, uncertainty is introduced into the model to describe the presence of intrinsic and extrinsic cell noise. This way a stochastic model is constructed and presented which accounts for the stochastic nature in cell dynamics. One of the key predictions of the model is that DNA methylation dynamics do not alter when the quantity of DNA methylation enzymes change. In addition, the nonlinear model predicts DNA methylation promoter bistability, which is commonly observed experimentally. Moreover, a new way of modelling DNA methylation uncertainty is introduced
The ethical challenge of Big Tech’s “disruptive philanthropy”
Get PDFThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Studies of Management & Organization on forthcoming, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/00208825.2020.1811522This article provides a review of research into global philanthropy and the disruptive practices of new technology companies. In this article we detail how “Big Tech” has created a new marketization of philanthropy, based on its sectoral values of innovation, entrepreneurialism and focus on financial and performance metrics. Consequently, we argue for a new ontology of philanthropy that acknowledges marketization as its guiding principle. The study examines and compares different market-focused, philanthropic paradigms, which have evolved through the business values of Big Tech and examines their moral motivations. The topic is viewed through the lens of ‘hybrid organizations’; a model for non-profit entities and social businesses which, in turn, are seeking a market-oriented pathway of balancing the twin demands of managing mission and money. A conceptual framework is then provided to inform practitioners in non-profit organizations about the issues and risks of engaging with the new types of philanthropy, to which we collectively refer as ‘disruptive philanthropy’. The article concludes by recommending further research into the ethics of Big Tech to understand the true motivations behind its philanthropic practices at a time when the sector is under intense governmental and media scrutiny
The impact of therapist self-disclosure on clients who are themselves therapists: An exploration of discourse and lived experience
Get PDFThe practice of therapist self-disclosure (TSD) has been of interest to the counselling community for over 100 years. The available literature on the topic is vast. A review of the research literature indicated a need for further research employing three factors: i) the use of a concise definition of TSD; ii) research that includes the client’s perspective; and iii) a methodology that used a qualitative approach, with the underlying assumption that the lived experience of hearing TSD may be more nuanced and complex than has previously been outlined in academic literature.
For this study, the definition of TSD was outlined as a statement made by the therapist that reveals something about their life outside of the therapy room. Using semi-structured interviews with eight participants who had experienced TSD, and who were also therapists themselves. The transcripts were analysed twice using a novel approach that employed a combination of interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) and discourse analysis (DA). While in IPA the emphasis is on understanding and gaining a sense of how participants describe their internal life world, by contrast in DA, the analytic emphasis is on the discursive resources used to create or construct those descriptions, and how these are mobilised by participants in terms of subject position and associated rights, duties and responsibilities of these positions.
The findings were then synthesised at the post-analytical stage. Six superordinate themes emerged: i) the therapeutic relationship prior to the disclosure; ii) the disclosure content; iii) the disclosure process; iv) the short-term impact; v) the longterm impact, and vi) meaning making. Within these superordinate categories, 17 subordinate themes were identified.
The DA analysis explored how, after their experiences as clients, the participants construct their own use of self-disclosure as therapists. The findings illustrated a variety of rhetorical devices that were needed to carefully manage the ethical dilemmas that can potentially accompany a therapist’s decision to disclose (or not) to their clients.
These findings support extant research, but also provide fresh interpretations and many opportunities for future research
Towards a New Homiletic
No full textThis article is not available on ChesterRepFeminism’s contribution to homiletics so far has arguably been restricted to exploring gender difference in preaching. In 2014, however, Jennifer Copeland identified a need not merely to ‘include women “in the company of preachers” but to craft a new register for the preaching event’. This article considers what that new register might be and how it might be taught in the academy. It defines preaching as ‘the art of engaging the people of God in their shared narrative by creatively and hospitably inviting them into an exploration of biblical text, by means of which, corporately and individually, they might encounter the divine’ and proposes that in both the Church and the Academy, women’s voices are suppressed by a rationalist hegemony. For the stories of women to be heard, a new homiletic is needed, in which would-be preachers first encounter themselves, then the Bible as themselves and finally their congregation in communality. Findings of researchers in practical preaching discover that women preachers are being influenced by feminist methodology, while the teaching of preaching is not. In order to achieve a hospitable preaching space, it is proposed that the Church and the Academy work together towards a new homiletic
The impact of factor infusion frequency on health-related quality of life in people with haemophilia
Get PDFBackground: Some studies suggest that people with haemophilia (PwH) who use prophylaxis value low frequency of clotting factor administration more than a lower risk of bleeding. However, more frequent infusions offer the potential of reducing joint disease and pain, which in turn may improve functioning and quality of life.AimsTo explore the impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) aspects of haemophilia associated with adherence and annual infusion rate in the context of factors influencing treatment that are important to patients, including prophylaxis, chronic pain, concomitant conditions and hospital admission.Materials and methodsHRQoL was assessed in participants with severe haemophilia in the ‘Cost of Haemophilia in Europe: a Socioeconomic Survey’ (CHESS) study who were using prophylaxis. Patients using on-demand treatment were excluded. This multivariate analysis examined the interaction between factors potentially influencing treatment and HRQoL, and minor and major bleeds.ResultsFrom the total CHESS population (n=1,285), 338 (26%) participants provided responses for major and minor bleeds and target joints, and 145 (11%) provided EQ-5D-3L responses. Major and minor bleeds were associated with pain. Patients with severe chronic pain reported a substantial negative impact on HRQoL; but this was significantly improved by increases in the annual infusion rate. This was not apparent in participants with mild or moderate pain.ConclusionIncreasing the frequency of prophylaxis infusions is associated with improved quality of life in PwH who have severe chronic pain. However, increasing the number of infusions per week in those with mild or moderate chronic pain with the intention of improving prophylactic effect may not have the same effect
Are children in care offered effective therapeutic support?
No full textAim - This thesis aims to answer the question as to whether or not the therapeutic support offered to children in care in the U.K. is effective. There are two parts to the question: ascertaining what the actual offer of therapy consists of; the quality of that offer in terms of therapeutic effectiveness.
Background - children in care are significantly more likely than their peers to be involved in offending behaviour, substance misuse, and to be unemployed DfE (2019). There is evidence to suggest that unresolved developmental trauma can contribute to these outcomes (National Audit Office, 2015). It is unclear how focused the government is on supporting effective therapeutic recovery from developmental trauma.
Method - Questionnaires were distributed to every local authority in the country, with approval from the Directors’ of Children’s Services. Interviews were attempted. A Foucaultian Discourse Analysis of key pieces of legislation in the field was then completed, and a Thematic Analysis of 28 studies into therapeutic recovery from complex developmental trauma was achieved.
Key Findings- The study found that children in care are not systematically offered effective therapeutic support. In fact, there are multiple issues according to the quality of therapies on offer: there is a legal/political/organisational system that is dysfunctional: the offer of therapy is impossible to ascertain across the country; the way in which therapists research their own provision is laden with methodological, political, and ethical issues. However, the evidence supports the idea that we are aware of some key factors that help therapeutic recovery.
Implications for Practice - The evidence provided a range of factors to support future development of therapeutic support to children in care, and supported a mapping out of the way in which therapies could usefully be developed in the future. The evidence led to the development of a model of best practice.
Conclusion - The thesis ends with some recommendations as to how the profession of psychotherapy and counselling could begin to develop both their knowledge base and way of working with children care to support more effective therapeutic recovery
The Social System, Behaviour and Communication of the Golden Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis kandti)
No full textForest guenons live in polygynous groups where males disperse on reaching sexual maturity and females remain within their natal group for life. During the mating season, the resident male regularly faces reproductive competition from extra-group males leading to extreme male-male competition for access to females. The golden monkey (Cercopithecus mitis kandti) is a little-understood, endangered guenon endemic to the Virunga Massif and Gishwati-Mukura National Park (Rwanda), known to live in large groups.
The aim of this study was to provide the first behavioural account of this species and to describe and quantify its social system and communication. Behavioural and spatial data were collected five days a week over 15 months, using focal, instantaneous point samples and ad libitum sampling, from the habituated Kabatwa group in the Volcanoes National Park. A total of 31 adult males were individually identified within the home-range, and categorised as resident (n=11), transient (n=4), influx (n=10) or non-resident (n=6). Elo-ratings showeda consistently stable, tolerant, egalitarian hierarchy in resident males, who displayed low levels of non-contact aggression with more severe agonism directed towards extra-group males. Social network analysis revealed closer spatial relationships between resident males during the non-mating season in the forest and consistent agonistic networks.
The mating season, defined through behavioural observations and estimating conception based on birth dates, extended over 5 months and females were observed copulating outside their conception window. Males followed females and both sexes mated with several partners over the season; the use of gestural displays were common in this reproductive context, as well as in agonistic contexts. The highly seasonal births coincided with bamboo shooting season when the group spent the majority of time in closed bamboo, with increased ground feeding; ground-feeding was frequent in this population (28% overall), and also reflected foraging for potatoes in agricultural land adjacent to the forest. The group spent about 50% of their time feeding; bamboo plant parts constituted 65.3% of their foraging effort throughout the year rising to 81.4% on bamboo shoots alone when they were available.
Males exhibited a wide variety of sex-specific calls in different contexts; with some related to dominance rank. Vocalisations were examined through GLMMs and these were often different in form or context compared with other guenons, notably the single and double boom, nasal scream and male grunt. In summary, golden monkeys observed in this study had a multi-male, multi-female social organisation; both sexes were promiscuous during the mating season, and births were highly seasonal. Resident males were tolerant of each other, exhibited a stable egalitarian hierarchy with a broad communication repertoire including sex specific calls and gestures. Discussion focuses on comparison with other guenons, the unusually large group size and the unique, all-year-round, multi-male society observed in this golden monkey group. Further research is warranted on other groups, to explore female social structure and relationships, behavioural development, and to establish an understanding of life history strategies
Le roman national à l’épreuve du littéraire : Alexis Jenni, Jérôme Ferrari, Magyd Cherfi
Get PDFThe recent publication of the L’Histoire mondiale de la France by Patrick Boucheron has reactualised a debate on the "worldliness" of French culture and history. His detractors reproach to this new and broader view on French History not to take into contact certain pillars of national History. The fondamental question which is here negotiated is another one_ What it the status of France in globalisation? What is the place of France's expectionalism? What is the role of national storytelling, a pedgagogical account of France's grandeur? French writers have reacted in manifold ways to this debate. This article shows how authors engage with this debate since 2010.unfunde
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