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A predictive processing account of the decision-making process in addiction
No full textNaloga se osredotoča na razumevanje vloge procesa odločanja pri zasvojenosti znotraj teoretičnega okvira napovednega procesiranja. Kljub obstoječim raziskavam o zasvojenosti in povezavi med odločanjem ter zasvojenostjo ostaja prostor za dodatna aplikativna dognanja, ki lahko nudijo konkretne rešitve pri zdravljenju in življenju z zasvojenostjo. Z nevrobiološkega vidika igra pri zasvojenosti ključno vlogo nagrajevalni sistem, vendar je nagrada z vidika napovednega procesiranja posledica, ne vzrok dejanj organizma, saj se organizem odloča z namenom uresničevanja napovedi, ki bodo vodila v nagrado. Cilj naloge je preučiti, kako lahko napovedno procesiranje prispeva k boljšemu razumevanju vloge procesa odločanja pri zasvojenosti in katere nove perspektive ter smeri lahko ta pristop odpre za prihodnost raziskovanja in obravnavanja zasvojenosti. S poudarkom na teoretični analizi znanstvenih dognanj želi naloga odgovoriti na raziskovalna vprašanja, ki se nanašajo na: vlogo procesa odločanja pri zasvojenosti, razumevanje procesa odločanja z vidika napovednega procesiranja, uporabo tega ogrodja za razlago vloge procesa odločanja pri zasvojenosti ter pridobivanje novih spoznanj o vlogi procesa odločanja pri zasvojenosti. Pričakovan prispevek raziskave je v razjasnitvi kompleksnosti zasvojenosti s poudarkom na odločanju in doprinosu novih pogledov ter smeri za obravnavo tega problema. Raziskava ne temelji na empirični metodologiji, temveč na kritični analizi relevantne literature. S pridobljenimi spoznanji želimo spodbuditi razmislek o novih pristopih k zdravljenju zasvojenosti in prispevati k širšemu razumevanju kompleksnosti tega fenomena.This work focuses on understanding the role of the decision-making process in addiction within the theoretical framework of predictive processing. Despite existing research on addiction and the connection between decision-making and addiction, there is still room for additional applied findings that can offer concrete solutions for treatment and living with addiction. From a neurobiological perspective, the reward system plays a crucial role in addictionhowever, from the viewpoint of predictive processing, the reward is a consequence, not a cause, of the organism\u27s actions, as the organism makes decisions to fulfil predictions that will lead to a reward. The aim is to examine how predictive processing can contribute to a better understanding of the role of the decision-making process in addiction and what new perspectives and directions this approach can open for future research and treatment of addiction. With a focus on theoretical analysis of scientific findings, we aim to answer research questions related to: the role of decision-making in addiction, understanding the decision-making process from the perspective of predictive processing, using this framework to explain the role of decision-making in addiction, and gaining new insights into the role of decision-making in addiction. The expected contribution of the research is to clarify the complexity of addiction with an emphasis on decision-making and to provide new perspectives and directions for addressing this problem. The research is not based on empirical methodology but on a critical analysis of relevant literature. With the acquired insights, we aim to encourage new approaches to addiction treatment and contribute to a broader understanding of the complexity of this phenomenon
Salix acutifolia f. pendula (Salicaceae) - a new form
No full textA new form, Salix acutifolia f. pendula I. V. Belyaeva, N. Y. Stepanova et O. V. Epanch., is described and its distribution is given. Existing confusion between the names, S. acutifolia ‘Duschanbensis’, S. acutifolia ‘Pendula’, S. acutifolia ‘Moscow Cascade’, S. acutifolia var. duschanbensis and S. acutifolia [unranked] pendula is clarified
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Knowledge sharing in cross-functional groups: barriers and opportunities
No full textСтепанова Виктория Олеговна. Аспирант 1-го курса кафедры инженерной
психологии и эргономики факультета психологии, Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет, г. Санкт-Петербург; [email protected]
Victoria О. Stepanova. A postgraduate course of the department of engineering
psychology and ergonomics of the Faculty of Psychology, St. Petersburg State University;
[email protected]Исследуются проблемы разделения знаний («шеринг», knowledge sharing)
как процесс взаимообмена знаниями участников профессиональных групп,
приводящего их к новому пониманию решаемых задач. Приводятся результаты
исследования, направленного на выявление барьеров шеринга в кросс-
функциональных группах с помощью метода совместно рассказанной истории.
Описана процедура этого метода и результаты его валидизации. The article concerns the problem of knowledge sharing processes as a process of knowledge exchange between
persons, which help them to «re-understand» their problems. The article shows the results of our research,
deals with the knowledge sharing barriers within cross-functional groups. We also describe the complete procedure
of using the «learning history method»
Conflict resolution in coastal management: Interdisciplinary analyses of resource use conflicts from the Swedish coast
No full textNatural resource use conflicts at urbanized coasts and their analysis and resolution are the main themes of this thesis. Based on the analysis of four conflict cases from the Swedish coast, I explore the ways the local management of coastal resources may be connected with a broader notion of sustainable resource management.
Two questions guide this study. The first one is in regard to the theoretical and methodological development of coastal conflict research. It asks whether and how coastal conflicts can be analysed in an interdisciplinary manner. In answer to this research question, I developed an interdisciplinary conceptual framework for the analysis of local coastal conflicts. This framework is an example of the form methodologies for interdisciplinary knowledge integration can take in a natural resource management study. The framework combined and integrated knowledge from different discourses and disciplines of environmental conflict research with the knowledge from empirical conflict studies and allowed for more integrated and complex conflict analysis. The second question is practice and management oriented and concerns how practical conflict resolution can be improved with sustainable coastal resource management as a goal. The findings highlight the importance combinations of formal and informal resolution strategies have, the key role of practices of knowledge use and the importance of power imbalances among stakeholders for conflict resolution.
By setting out to link together the analyses of conflicts and conflict resolution in the practice of resource management and policy with the normative aspects of sustainable resource management, I highlight that interdisciplinary analyses of resource use conflicts and integrated approaches to conflict resolution should be incorporated in sustainable resource management and planning as a necessary part
AUTHOR BOOK
No full textVytvořil jsem autorskou knihu o čtyřiceti stránkách s ilustracemi a minimem textu. Kniha je černobílá, dominuje v ní tušová kresba štětcem a perem. Kromě té je v knize ale i text, který slouží jako poetické doplnění ilustrací.
Obsah knihy se zaměřuje na úzký kruh přátel a zároveň vypovídá o autorovi jak vybranými motivy, situacemi tak linkou.
Vyznění knihy je spíše pocitové, má zanechat dojem, ne popisně vysvětlovat.ObhájenoI have created author book that has 40 pages with ilustrations and minimum of text. The book is black and white and contains ink drawings. There is also text poetically coresponding with pictures
Využití sociálních médií v B2B prodeji
No full textTato diplomová práce se zabývá tím, jak mohou B2B obchodníci využívat sociální média v prodeji. Na základě systematické rešerše literatury, autor zjistil, že akademici, zkoumající danou problematiku, navrhují další výzkum, a to: v kterých konkrétních krocích se dají využít sociální média v prodeji (Salo, 2017). Autor se na základě toho rozhodl zjistit, jaké sociální sítě, různé technologie a pluginy se dají využít v B2B prodeji - tzv. social sellingu. Social selling se v této práci týká primárně procesu akvizice a okrajově péčí o stávající zákazníky. Autor si vybral kvalitativní průzkum pomocí 10 hloubkových polo-strukturovaných rozhovorů, aby odhalil jak, která sociální média to jsou, tak i motivaci prodejců, proč tato média používat/nepoužívat. Aby autor dodržel správnost vyhodnocení výsledků, data byla analyzována pomocí Tématické analýzy, která v této studii vykrystalizovala 2 hlavní strategické přístupy v social sellingu. Tyto přístupy (tzv. Push a Pull strategie) obsahují praktické příklady a konkrétní aktivity, které mohou prodejci využívat v každodenní praxi. Tyto výsledky jsou prezentovány s důrazem na praktičnost a jednoduchost implementace. Tvoří proto hlavní přínos autorovo výzkumu. V poslední části autor zmiňuje výzvy a manažerská doporučení, které mohou obchodníci využít v každodenním pracovním životě.This diploma thesis focuses on social media usage in B2B sales. Based on the systematic literature review conducted by the author, he has found out that recent researchers (Salo, 2017) suggest further research in the area of how and in which sales phase should various social networking sites, technologies and plugins used. To further fill this research gap, author decided to identify these social media and their usage among B2B salespeople in the so-called social selling process. The social selling process in this thesis applies mainly to acquiring new prospects and tangentially to taking care of existing clients (follow-up step). Author has chosen a qualitative research method via conducting 10 in-depth semi-structured interviews to reveal these instruments as well as motivation of a sales person on why to use social media in the selling process. The collected data was analyzed using Thematic analysis to ensure the right procedure and to identify main themes which crystalized into 2 main strategic approaches in social selling. These approaches (Push and Pull) include practical examples of concrete activities which sales people can use in their daily jobs and are presented with focus on practicality and ease of implementation. These also form the main contribution of author`s research. In the last part, author mentions challenges in social selling and recommended managerial implications for salesforce
CNPY2 protects against ER stress and is expressed by corticostriatal neurons together with CTIP2 in a mouse model of Huntington’s disease
No full textCanopy Homolog 2 (CNPY2) is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) localized protein belonging to the CNPY gene family. We show here that CNPY2 is protective against ER stress induced by tunicamycin in neuronal cells. Overexpression of CNPY2 enhanced, while downregulation of CNPY2 using shRNA expression, reduced the viability of neuroblastoma cells after tunicamycin. Likewise, recombinant CNPY2 increased survival of cortical neurons in culture after ER stress. CNPY2 reduced the activating transcription factor 6 (ATF6) branch of ER stress and decreased the expression of CCAT/Enhancer-Binding Protein Homologous Protein (CHOP) involved in cell death. Immunostaining using mouse brain sections revealed that CNPY2 is expressed by cortical and striatal neurons and is co-expressed with the transcription factor, COUPTF-interacting protein 2 (CTIP2). In transgenic N171-82Q mice, as a model for Huntington's disease (HD), the number of CNPY2-immunopositive neurons was increased in the cortex together with CTIP2. In the striatum, however, the number of CNPY2 decreased at 19 weeks of age, representing a late-stage of pathology. Striatal cells in culture were shown to be more susceptible to ER stress after downregulation of CNPY2. These results demonstrate that CNPY2 is expressed by corticostriatal neurons involved in the regulation of movement. CNPY2 enhances neuronal survival by reducing ER stress and is a promising factor to consider in HD and possibly in other brain diseases
Management Support of Travel Company Mtrips using BI Tools
No full textThe aim of the master thesis is to design and implement a Business Intelligence solution for travel company M-trips. The purpose of the solution is to create various BI systems that will allow you to provide management support and optimize some business processes to minimize the company's risks. At the beginning of the thesis, there is a motivation for the solution to be processed, as well as a business assignment that states the company for which the solution is developed and also lists the individual reasons for the interest in the solution. This is followed by the data assignment of the project, where the production systems are defined as well as the company's requirements for the solution. The following part of the thesis describes the implementation of the solution. From data extraction from production systems to the actual distribution of the solution to end users. In the last chapters, business and technical tests of the previously presented solution are carried out, as well as specific conclusions are provided for the implementation, and then the use of the developed BI tools with a proposal for the strategic and operational development of the company in the future.Cílem diplomové práce je navrhnout a implementovat řešení Business Intelligence pro cestovní společnost M-trips. Účelem řešení je vytvořit různé BI systémy, které umožní poskytovat podporu řízení a optimalizovat některé podnikové procesy tak, aby byla minimalizována rizika společnosti. Na začátku práce je motivace ke zpracování řešení a business zadání, kde je uvedena společnost, pro kterou je řešení vyvíjeno a také jsou uvedeny jednotlivé důvody zájmu o řešení. Následuje zadání dat projektu, kde jsou definovány výrobní systémy a požadavky firmy na řešení. Následující část práce popisuje implementaci řešení. Od extrakce dat z produkčních systémů až po samotnou distribuci řešení koncovým uživatelům. V posledních kapitolách jsou provedeny obchodně-technické testy dříve představeného řešení, dále jsou uvedeny konkrétní závěry pro implementaci a následně využití vyvinutých nástrojů BI s návrhem strategického a provozního rozvoje společnosti v budoucnu
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