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Perseptuelle illusjoner i norske kommunevåpen
Full text linkAll 356 Norwegian municipalities have a unique municipal coat of arms, a visual symbol for municipal authority normally based on Heraldry. Municipal coats of arms were previously approved by the King in cabinet, but after 2018 all Norwegian municipalities could approve their own coats of arms. The design of the coats of arms can induce visual perceptual illusions which, again, could lead to misinterpretation of the visual symbols. Three categories of illusions could arise: Face-illusions, form-illusions, and Herrman grids. All Norwegian municipal coats of arms were analyzed and perceptual illusions were registered in 47 of them (13.2%). Most of the illusions were face-illusions, some were form-illusions and quite a few showed Herrman grids. The article emphasizes the importance of knowledge of visual perception for municipalites and designers. Norwegian municipal coats of arms should be designed to avoid perceptual illusions.Alle 356 kommuner i Norge har eget kommunevåpen, et visuelt kjennetegn for utøvelse av kommunal myndighet og som regel basert på heraldisk design. Kommunevåpen måtte tidligere godkjennes av Kongen i statsråd, men etter 1. januar 2018 kan alle kommuner godkjenne disse selv. Utformingen kan gjøre våpnene sårbare for perseptuelle illusjoner, og disse illusjonene kan påvirke fortolkningen av våpnene. Det er tre hovedkategorier illusjoner som er særlig aktuelle på dette området: Ansikts-illusjoner, form-illusjoner og Herrmann-gitre. Alle landets kommunevåpen er undersøkt med psykofysisk metodikk, og det ble registrert 47 våpen med illusjoner (13.2%). Det var flest ansikts-illusjoner, noen færre form-illusjoner og få Herrmann-gitre. Artikkelen påpeker nytten av perseptuell kompetanse både for kommuner, fylkeskommuner og formgivere. Framtidige kommunevåpen bør utformes slik at man unngår ulike former for perseptuelle illusjoner.
Perseptuelle illusjoner i norske kommunevåpen
No full textAll 356 Norwegian municipalities have a unique municipal coat of arms, a visual symbol for municipal authority normally based on Heraldry. Municipal coats of arms were previously approved by the King in cabinet, but after 2018 all Norwegian municipalities could approve their own coats of arms. The design of the coats of arms can induce visual perceptual illusions which, again, could lead to misinterpretation of the visual symbols. Three categories of illusions could arise: Face-illusions, form-illusions, and Herrman grids. All Norwegian municipal coats of arms were analyzed and perceptual illusions were registered in 47 of them (13.2%). Most of the illusions were face-illusions, some were form-illusions and quite a few showed Herrman grids. The article emphasizes the importance of knowledge of visual perception for municipalites and designers. Norwegian municipal coats of arms should be designed to avoid perceptual illusions.Alle 356 kommuner i Norge har eget kommunevåpen, et visuelt kjennetegn for utøvelse av kommunal myndighet og som regel basert på heraldisk design. Kommunevåpen måtte tidligere godkjennes av Kongen i statsråd, men etter 1. januar 2018 kan alle kommuner godkjenne disse selv. Utformingen kan gjøre våpnene sårbare for perseptuelle illusjoner, og disse illusjonene kan påvirke fortolkningen av våpnene. Det er tre hovedkategorier illusjoner som er særlig aktuelle på dette området: Ansikts-illusjoner, form-illusjoner og Herrmann-gitre. Alle landets kommunevåpen er undersøkt med psykofysisk metodikk, og det ble registrert 47 våpen med illusjoner (13.2%). Det var flest ansikts-illusjoner, noen færre form-illusjoner og få Herrmann-gitre. Artikkelen påpeker nytten av perseptuell kompetanse både for kommuner, fylkeskommuner og formgivere. Framtidige kommunevåpen bør utformes slik at man unngår ulike former for perseptuelle illusjoner.
Psychological profiles in patients with medically refractory epilepsy
No full textAbstractThe aim of this study was to explore whether patients with epilepsy show characteristic psychological profiles which might be risk factors for epileptic seizures. The instruments used in the case-control study were the Millon Behavioural Health Inventory (MBHI) and the Arnett Inventory of Sensation Seeking (AISS). A sample of hospitalized patients with medically refractory epilepsy (n= 15) and a sample of healthy controls (n= 15) matched on age and gender. Compared to the controls, the patients with epilepsy showed different psychological profiles. The patients with epilepsy showed significantly higher scores on the basic coping styles MBHI Inhibition style and MBHI Sensitivity style, and lower scores on the MBHI Sociability and theMBHI Confidence . The epilepsy group also exhibited elevated scores on the MBHI psychogenic attitude scales Chronic tension, Recent stress, Pre-morbid pessimism, Social alienation and Somatic anxiety. The patient group had lower sensation-seeking scores on the AISS Novelty scale, the AISS Intensity scale and in AISS Total scores. Some patients with medically refractory epilepsy show dysfunctional coping styles. These factors should be taken into consideration in treatment and rehabilitation planning. The findings point to psychological risk factors for eliciting epileptic seizures
Academic achievements among adolescent school children. Effects of gender and season of birth
No full textPerseptuelle illusjoner i norske kommunevåpen
Full text linkAlle 356 kommuner i Norge har eget kommunevåpen, et visuelt kjennetegn for utøvelse av kommunal myndighet og som regel basert på heraldisk design. Kommunevåpen måtte tidligere godkjennes av Kongen i statsråd, men etter 1. januar 2018 kan alle kommuner godkjenne disse selv. Utformingen kan gjøre våpnene sårbare for perseptuelle illusjoner, og disse illusjonene kan påvirke fortolkningen av våpnene. Det er tre hovedkategorier illusjoner som er særlig aktuelle på dette området: Ansikts-illusjoner, form-illusjoner og Herrmann-gitre. Alle landets kommunevåpen er undersøkt med psykofysisk metodikk, og det ble registrert 47 våpen med illusjoner (13.2%). Det var flest ansikts-illusjoner, noen færre form-illusjoner og få Herrmann-gitre. Artikkelen påpeker nytten av perseptuell kompetanse både for kommuner, fylkeskommuner og formgivere. Framtidige kommunevåpen bør utformes slik at man unngår ulike former for perseptuelle illusjoner.
Logros académicos entre adolescentes escolares. Diferencias de género y de la estación del año en que nacieron
No full textWe have investigated gender differences in academic achievements in two age cohorts of students from the Lower Secondary School in Norway (2000, 2005; 15-16 year olds). In the 2000 and 2005 cohorts the female students outperformed male students in twelve out of thirteen academic disciplines, including mathematics and nature-science. Physical education was the only discipline where the male students had higher grade points than the female students. In both cohorts the results showed a significant effect of season of birth: Students who were born in the Nordic winter-spring season had slightly higher grade points than students born in the summer-autumn season. There was no significant interaction between gender and season of birth.Hemos investigado las diferencias de género en los logros académicos en dos cohortes de edad de estudiantes de la Escuela media en Noruega (2000, 2005; de 15-16 años de edad). En los cohortes de 2000 y 2005 las estudiantes sobresalieron en rendimiento en comparación con sus compañeros varones en 12 de 13 disciplinas académicas, incluyendo matemática y ciencias naturales. Educación física fue la única disciplina donde los varones obtuvieron mayores puntuaciones que sus compañeras de estudios. En ambos cohortes los resultados también muestran un significativo efecto de la estación del año en que han nacido los estudiantes: aquellos nacidos en el invierno-primavera nórdica presentan mayores puntuaciones que aquellos nacidos en el verano-otoño, no habiendo interacciones significativas entre género y la estación del año de nacimiento
Put your feet up: The impact of personality traits, job pressure, and social support on the need for recovery after work
Full text linkThe need for recovery after work (NFR) is an important warning of work-related fatigue. NFR is linked to prolonged work-related efforts and depletion of resources, creating a need for temporary respite from work demands. The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationships between NFR and the five-factor model (FFM), comprising the personality traits of emotional stability (ES), extraversion (E), agreeableness (A), conscientiousness (C), and openness to experience (O). Per-ceived job pressure and perceived social support were included as mediators. The study was conducted using structural equa-tion modelling (SEM) on cross-sectional data from a sample of 681 participants from several work sectors (N females = 376, N males = 305; M age = 46.9 years; SD= 11.1). The results showed that NFR was affected both directly and indirectly by FFM traits. High ES and high O contributed directly to reduced and increased NFR, respectively. High perceived social support contributed to reduced NFR, while high perceived job pressure contributed to increased NFR. High ES contributed indirectly to reduced NFR through perceived job pressure and social support, high O contributed indirectly to increased NFR through perceived social support, and high E contributed indirectly to increased NFR through perceived job pressure. A and C were not related to NFR. The findings demonstrate that personality traits, especially ES, are firmly related to NFR and highlight the importance of incorporating personality factors into studies of work environmental factors on NFR
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Variations on the Author
Full text link“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
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