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The study was based on cognitive biases with the aim of investigating the extent to which the individual's physical appearance affects the hiring process, and whether individuals who are perceived as more attractive are ascribed more positive characteristics. The study was conducted with a quantitative method, where the data collection was done via an online survey with 62 respondents, the majority of whom had previous experience of decision- making in a recruitment context. The respondents were asked to rate perceived attractiveness, characteristics and employability in four different individuals by looking at different facial images. All questions and rating scales on the questionnaire were based on the validated instruments Competence and warmth scale (CWS) and Job Suitability Scale (JSS). The results showed that more attractive people have a higher mean value than less attractive people in CWS and JSS. It was concluded that the individual's appearance has a significant impact in the hiring process, and that there is a tendency to attribute more positive characteristics to people who are considered more attractive compared to those who are judged to be less attractive., Studien utgick från kognitiva fördomar med syftet att undersöka i vilken grad individens fysiska utseende påverkar anställningsprocessen, samt om individer som uppfattas som mer attraktiva tillskrivs mer positiva egenskaper. Studien genomfördes med en kvantitativ metod, där datainsamlingen skedde via en online-enkät med 62 respondenter, varav majoriteten hade tidigare erfarenhet av beslutsfattande inom rekryteringssammanhang. Respondenterna fick skatta upplevd attraktivitet, egenskaper och anställningsbarhet hos fyra olika individer genom att titta på olika ansiktsbilder. Samtliga frågor och skattningsskalor på enkäten utgick utifrån de validerade instrumenten Competence and warmth scale (CWS) och Job Suitability Scale (JSS). Resultatet visade att mer attraktiva personer har högre medelvärde än mindre attraktiva personer i CWS och JSS. Sammanfattningsvis drogs slutsatsen att individens utseende har en betydande inverkan i anställningsprocessen, samt att det finns en tendens att attribuera mer positiva egenskaper till personer som anses vara mer attraktiva jämfört med de som bedöms som mindre attraktiva.

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka attraktionen till personer med Dark Triad-drag jämfört med personer med motsatta (reverserade) Dark Triad-egenskaper. Vidare undersökte vi om det finns könsskillnader i attraktion till de två personlighetstyperna. Studien använde en experimentell design, där deltagarna (n=430) slumpmässigt tilldelades en av två vinjetter; den ena som beskrev en individ med Dark Triad-drag (n=217), och den andra en person med den reverserade versionen av dessa drag (n=213). Därefter fick deltagarna svara på flera påståenden som användes för att mäta deras grad av attraktion till de fiktiva personligheterna. Resultatet visade en statistiskt signifikant skillnad mellan personlighetstyperna gällande deras grad av attraktivitet, där den reverserade Dark Triad-personen uppfattades som mer attraktiv än sin motsvarighet – oavsett deltagarnas kön. Män var dock mer attraherade av de beskrivna individerna än kvinnor i båda vinjettversionerna. Sammanfattningsvis bidrar dessa resultat till att dementera de vanliga stereotyperna och föreställningarna om “bad boys” och “mean girls” samt deras upplevda attraktivitet och önskvärdhet., The aim of this study was to investigate attraction to people with Dark Triad traits as compared to people with the opposite to (reversed) Dark Triad traits. Furthermore, we explored if there are gender differences in attraction to the two personality types. The study employed experimental design, where participants (n=430) were randomly assigned one out of two vignettes; one describing an individual with Dark Triad traits (n=217), and the other a person with the reversed version of these traits (n=213). Subsequently, the participants got to answer a questionnaire consisting of several statements which were used to measure their degree of attraction toward the fictitious personalities, respectively. The results showed a statistically significant difference between the personality types regarding their degree of attractiveness, where the reversed Dark Triad person was perceived as more attractive than its counterpart - regardless of the participants’ gender. However, men were more attracted to the described individual than were women, in both conditions. In conclusion, these results contribute to dismantling the common stereotypes and beliefs regarding bad boys and mean girls, as well as their perceived attractiveness and desirability.

Purpose: This research aims to analyze and deepen the study of the Organizational Attractiveness construct, identify the main gaps in the field, and propose possible future research in this regard. Theoretical Framework: The shortage of talent in companies, the growing competition, and the new normality have made attracting talent a strategic but critical element for companies. In this sense, Organizational Attractiveness is recognized by various authors as a relevant construct to understand the attraction. In addition, these authors highlight some academic and empirical problems in this field of study. Design/Methodology/Approach: The literature review of more than 300 articles from the Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar databases allowed us to analyze the content and identify 12 articles that discuss the measurement of Organizational Attractiveness under the conceptual models and theoretical framework identified. Findings: This theoretical research process has allowed us to identify four main gaps in this field of study. The gaps found are based on the comprehensive view of the dimensions of Organizational Attractiveness, the approaches to the study of Organizational Attractiveness, the methodology applied, and the sample studied. Research, Practical & Social Implications: Future research is proposed to resolve the gaps. Originality/Value: Although attraction and Organizational Attractiveness have proven strategic and critical, there is little research in the literature that acknowledges the gaps in the field of study. Identifying and closing these gaps could help companies better attract talent., Objetivo: Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar e aprofundar o estudo do construto Atratividade Organizacional, identificar as principais lacunas da área e propor possíveis pesquisas futuras nesse sentido. Referencial teórico: A escassez de talento nas empresas, a crescente concorrência e a nova normalidade tornaram a atração de talento um elemento estratégico mas crítico para as empresas. Nesse sentido, a Atratividade Organizacional é reconhecida por diversos autores como um construto relevante para compreender a atração. Além disso, esses autores destacam alguns problemas acadêmicos e empíricos nesse campo de estudo. Desenho/metodologia/abordagem: A revisão da literatura de mais de 300 artigos das bases de dados Scopus, Web of Science e Google Scholar permitiu analisar o conteúdo e identificar 12 artigos que discutem a mensuração da Atratividade Organizacional sob os modelos conceituais e referencial teórico identificado. Resultados: Este processo de pesquisa teórica permitiu identificar quatro lacunas principais neste campo de estudo. As lacunas encontradas baseiam-se na visão abrangente das dimensões da Atratividade Organizacional, nas abordagens ao estudo da Atratividade Organizacional, na metodologia aplicada e na amostra estudada. Pesquisa, implicações práticas e sociais: Pesquisas futuras são propostas para resolver as lacunas. Originalidade/valor: Embora a atração e a atratividade organizacional tenham se mostrado estratégicas e críticas, há poucas pesquisas na literatura que reconheçam as lacunas no campo de estudo. Identificar e fechar essas lacunas pode ajudar as empresas a atrair melhor os talentos., Propósito: Esta investigación tiene como objetivo analizar y profundizar en el estudio del constructo Atractivo Organizacional, identificar los principales vacíos en el campo y proponer posibles investigaciones futuras al respecto. Metodología: La revisión bibliográfica de más de 300 artículos de las bases de datos Scopus, Web of Science y Google Scholar permitió analizar el contenido e identificar 12 artículos que abordan la medición del Atractivo Organizacional bajo tres modelos conceptuales. Conclusiones: Este proceso de investigación teórica nos ha permitido identificar cuatro vacíos principales en este campo de estudio. Los vacíos encontrados se basan en la visión integral de las dimensiones del Atractivo Organizacional, los enfoques del estudio del Atractivo Organizacional, la metodología aplicada y la muestra estudiada. Implicaciones de la Investigación: Se proponen investigaciones futuras para resolver los vacíos hallados.

Background: Foraging behavior in insects is optimised for locating scattered resources in a complex environment. This behavior can be exploited for use in pest control. Inhibition of feeding can protect crops whereas stimulation can increase the uptake of insecticides. For example, the success of a bait spray, depends on either contact or ingestion, and thus on the insect finding it. Methods: To develop an effective bait spray against the invasive pest, Drosophila suzukii, we investigated aspects of foraging behavior that influence the likelihood that the pest interacts with the baits, in summer and winter morphotypes. We video-recorded the flies’ approach behavior towards four stimuli in a two-choice experiment on strawberry leaflets. To determine the most effective bait positioning, we also assessed where on plants the pest naturally forages, using a potted raspberry plant under natural environmental conditions. We also studied starvation resistance at 20 °C and 12 °C for both morphs. Results: We found that summer morph flies spent similar time on all baits (agar, combi-protec, yeast) whereas winter morphs spent more time on yeast than the other baits. Both morphs showed a preference to feed at the top of our plant’s canopy. Colder temperatures enhanced survival under starvation conditions in both morphs, and mortality was reduced by food treatment. Conclusions: These findings on feeding behavior support informed decisions on the type and placement of a bait to increase pest control.

Foraging behavior in insects is optimised for localising their scattered resources in a complex environment. It is shaped by evolution and can be exploited for pest control. Inhibition of feeding can protect crops whereas stimulation can increase the uptake of insecticides. For example, the success of a bait spray, depends on either contact or ingestion, and thus on the insects finding it. To develop an effective bait spray against the invasive pest, Drosophila suzukii, we investigated aspects of foraging behavior that influence the likelihood that the pest interacts with the baits, in summer and winter morphotypes. We video-recorded the flies’ approach behavior towards four stimuli in a two-choice experiment on strawberry leaflets. To determine the most effective bait positioning, we also assessed where on plants the pest naturally forages, using a potted raspberry plant under natural environmental conditions. We also studied starvation resistance at 20°C and 12°C for both morphs. We found that summer morph flies spent similar time on all baits (agar, combi-protec, yeast) whereas winter morphs spent more time on yeast than any other bait. Both morphs showed a preference to feed at the top of our plant. Colder temperatures enhanced survival under starvation conditions in both morphs, and mortality was reduced by food treatment. These findings on feeding behavior can support informed decisions on the type and placement of a lure to increase bait spray effectiveness., Background Foraging behavior in insects is optimised for locating scattered resources in a complex environment. This behavior can be exploited for use in pest control. Inhibition of feeding can protect crops whereas stimulation can increase the uptake of insecticides. For example, the success of a bait spray, depends on either contact or ingestion, and thus on the insect finding it. Methods To develop an effective bait spray against the invasive pest, Drosophila suzukii, we investigated aspects of foraging behavior that influence the likelihood that the pest interacts with the baits, in summer and winter morphotypes. We video-recorded the flies’ approach behavior towards four stimuli in a two-choice experiment on strawberry leaflets. To determine the most effective bait positioning, we also assessed where on plants the pest naturally forages, using a potted raspberry plant under natural environmental conditions. We also studied starvation resistance at 20 °C and 12 °C for both morphs. Results We found that summer morph flies spent similar time on all baits (agar, combi-protec, yeast) whereas winter morphs spent more time on yeast than the other baits. Both morphs showed a preference to feed at the top of our plant’s canopy. Colder temperatures enhanced survival under starvation conditions in both morphs, and mortality was reduced by food treatment. Conclusions These findings on feeding behavior support informed decisions on the type and placement of a bait to increase pest control.

Den ökande urbaniseringen har resulterat i en minskad attraktivitet och efterfrågan av att bosätta sig i mindre tätorter. För att motarbeta denna pågående trend krävs en aktiv insats från de mindre kommunerna. En strategi som framstår som särskilt lämplig är förtätning, vilken syftar till att sammanväva stadsdelar, motverka spridningseffekter och främja attraktiva stadskärnor. Arbetet ämnar att analysera Lessebo stationsområde med fokus på trygghetsaspekter och undersöka hur förtätning kan öka områdets attraktivitet. Målet med arbetet var att utvärdera om den upplevda otryggheten i området är förankrat i faktisk otrygghet eller inte samt att presentera ett gestaltningsförslag för området. Arbetet har använt sig av en enkätstudie, platsbesök samt en intervju för datainsamling. Enkätstudien behandlade invånarnas tankar och önskemål av området och publicerades via kommunens egna sociala medier. Intervjun genomfördes i samarbete med kommunpolisen för att erhålla en fördjupad förståelse av det lokala brottsmönstret. För gestaltningsförslaget användes programvarorna Revit och Twinmotion Enkäten, som besvarades av totalt 93 personer, visar att majoriteten av respondenterna var bosatta i Lessebo och att huvudorsaken till deras närvaro i området var relaterad till pendling med kollektivtrafik. Resultaten av enkätundersökningen indikerar att stationsområdet upplevs som trist, ödsligt, ovårdat och otryggt. Respondenterna var samstämmiga i önskan om förändringar i området. Särskilt ökad bebyggelse och skapandet av en attraktiv grönyta låg till grund för de flesta svaren. En del av respondenterna uttryckte även önskan om att någon form av butik skulle införas i stationshuset. Gestaltningsförslaget grundar sig i en kombination av kommunens och invånarnas önskemål samt den insamlade teorin. Det aktuella förslaget innefattar nybyggnation av bostäder längs Stationsgatan. I anslutning till bostäderna på motsatt sida av gatan föreslås etablering av en förskola samt lokal för restauran, Urban densification represents a prevalent strategy employed in urban design aimed at optimizing the design of cities by integrating new constructions within existing urban areas. This research examines Lessebo trainstation area, situated in the southern region of Sweden, with a primary focus on assessing its safety and attractiveness. The purpose of this paper is to identify factors contributing to the general perception of unsafety within the area and to propose a redevelopment design proposal addressing these concerns. Employing a mixed-methods approach, data collection involved a survey administered to local residents and an interview conducted with law enforcement authorities. Furthermore, utilizing computational tools such as Revit and Twinmotion, a design proposal was generated. The proposed redesign entails the introduction of various amenities including new commercial establishments and a kindergarten, alongside the incorporation of additional residential units. Additionally, the proposal advocates for the reconfiguration of parking facilities, relocation of the bus terminal, and installation of sound barriers to mitigate noise pollution. It is inferred from the findings that the perceived unsafety within the area is likely attributed to the inadequate presence of street lights and building density rather than actual safety risks. Notably, this study confines its scope solely to the Lessebo trainstation area, focusing specifically on aspects related to safety and attractiveness. Moreover, the proposed design proposal does not factor in economic constraints, as it is not bound by an active detailed development plan, instead relying on insights collected from the survey data and relevant literature.

Den ökande urbaniseringen har resulterat i en minskad attraktivitet och efterfrågan av att bosätta sig i mindre tätorter. För att motarbeta denna pågående trend krävs en aktiv insats från de mindre kommunerna. En strategi som framstår som särskilt lämplig är förtätning, vilken syftar till att sammanväva stadsdelar, motverka spridningseffekter och främja attraktiva stadskärnor. Arbetet ämnar att analysera Lessebo stationsområde med fokus på trygghetsaspekter och undersöka hur förtätning kan öka områdets attraktivitet. Målet med arbetet var att utvärdera om den upplevda otryggheten i området är förankrat i faktisk otrygghet eller inte samt att presentera ett gestaltningsförslag för området. Arbetet har använt sig av en enkätstudie, platsbesök samt en intervju för datainsamling. Enkätstudien behandlade invånarnas tankar och önskemål av området och publicerades via kommunens egna sociala medier. Intervjun genomfördes i samarbete med kommunpolisen för att erhålla en fördjupad förståelse av det lokala brottsmönstret. För gestaltningsförslaget användes programvarorna Revit och Twinmotion Enkäten, som besvarades av totalt 93 personer, visar att majoriteten av respondenterna var bosatta i Lessebo och att huvudorsaken till deras närvaro i området var relaterad till pendling med kollektivtrafik. Resultaten av enkätundersökningen indikerar att stationsområdet upplevs som trist, ödsligt, ovårdat och otryggt. Respondenterna var samstämmiga i önskan om förändringar i området. Särskilt ökad bebyggelse och skapandet av en attraktiv grönyta låg till grund för de flesta svaren. En del av respondenterna uttryckte även önskan om att någon form av butik skulle införas i stationshuset. Gestaltningsförslaget grundar sig i en kombination av kommunens och invånarnas önskemål samt den insamlade teorin. Det aktuella förslaget innefattar nybyggnation av bostäder längs Stationsgatan. I anslutning till bostäderna på motsatt sida av gatan föreslås etablering av en förskola samt lokal för restauran, Urban densification represents a prevalent strategy employed in urban design aimed at optimizing the design of cities by integrating new constructions within existing urban areas. This research examines Lessebo trainstation area, situated in the southern region of Sweden, with a primary focus on assessing its safety and attractiveness. The purpose of this paper is to identify factors contributing to the general perception of unsafety within the area and to propose a redevelopment design proposal addressing these concerns. Employing a mixed-methods approach, data collection involved a survey administered to local residents and an interview conducted with law enforcement authorities. Furthermore, utilizing computational tools such as Revit and Twinmotion, a design proposal was generated. The proposed redesign entails the introduction of various amenities including new commercial establishments and a kindergarten, alongside the incorporation of additional residential units. Additionally, the proposal advocates for the reconfiguration of parking facilities, relocation of the bus terminal, and installation of sound barriers to mitigate noise pollution. It is inferred from the findings that the perceived unsafety within the area is likely attributed to the inadequate presence of street lights and building density rather than actual safety risks. Notably, this study confines its scope solely to the Lessebo trainstation area, focusing specifically on aspects related to safety and attractiveness. Moreover, the proposed design proposal does not factor in economic constraints, as it is not bound by an active detailed development plan, instead relying on insights collected from the survey data and relevant literature.

The study was based on cognitive biases with the aim of investigating the extent to which the individual's physical appearance affects the hiring process, and whether individuals who are perceived as more attractive are ascribed more positive characteristics. The study was conducted with a quantitative method, where the data collection was done via an online survey with 62 respondents, the majority of whom had previous experience of decision- making in a recruitment context. The respondents were asked to rate perceived attractiveness, characteristics and employability in four different individuals by looking at different facial images. All questions and rating scales on the questionnaire were based on the validated instruments Competence and warmth scale (CWS) and Job Suitability Scale (JSS). The results showed that more attractive people have a higher mean value than less attractive people in CWS and JSS. It was concluded that the individual's appearance has a significant impact in the hiring process, and that there is a tendency to attribute more positive characteristics to people who are considered more attractive compared to those who are judged to be less attractive., Studien utgick från kognitiva fördomar med syftet att undersöka i vilken grad individens fysiska utseende påverkar anställningsprocessen, samt om individer som uppfattas som mer attraktiva tillskrivs mer positiva egenskaper. Studien genomfördes med en kvantitativ metod, där datainsamlingen skedde via en online-enkät med 62 respondenter, varav majoriteten hade tidigare erfarenhet av beslutsfattande inom rekryteringssammanhang. Respondenterna fick skatta upplevd attraktivitet, egenskaper och anställningsbarhet hos fyra olika individer genom att titta på olika ansiktsbilder. Samtliga frågor och skattningsskalor på enkäten utgick utifrån de validerade instrumenten Competence and warmth scale (CWS) och Job Suitability Scale (JSS). Resultatet visade att mer attraktiva personer har högre medelvärde än mindre attraktiva personer i CWS och JSS. Sammanfattningsvis drogs slutsatsen att individens utseende har en betydande inverkan i anställningsprocessen, samt att det finns en tendens att attribuera mer positiva egenskaper till personer som anses vara mer attraktiva jämfört med de som bedöms som mindre attraktiva.

For the first time since the founding of America, less than 50% of U.S. adults claim to attend church (Jones, 2021). With the transition from traditional marketing methods to digital marketing methods post-COVID-19, church leaders admit that using social media would help them reach new people, but less than 40% have a strategy (Hodøl, 2021). The purpose of this study is to understand current content themes of local churches on social media in order to inform future social media strategies. Guided by the uncertainty reduction theory, this study considers how social media content can reduce uncertainty and promote attraction and liking. The qualitative content analysis resulted in the coding of 2,800 social media posts and the discovering of 25 most-commonly used content themes. Findings also discovered four church groupings drawn from the type of content themes most commonly posted by various churches including the bulletin board church, the photo album church, the Bible study church, and the holistic church. This study also extends the work of Brubaker and Haigh (2017) who discovered the primary reasons people search for and engage with religious content on social media. This study sought to discover whether churches are currently satisfying the information-seeking strategies of people on social media by posting content themes that match what people are looking for. Posts were also coded according to their level of uncertainty reduction. Findings suggest that churches should focus on creating high uncertainty-reducing content to answer questions an individual may have before visiting the church. This analysis provides valuable insights for church communication professionals, church leaders, and church social media managers seeking to create or improve their social media content strategy.

El propósito de esta investigación es analizar las actividades de selección y permanencia en las empresas de hasta 50 trabajadores, clientes de la compañía Resiliencia y Gestión del Riesgo SAS, para transformar sus procesos de atracción y retención en eficientes desde el modelo de gestión del Talento Humano por competencias. Sin embargo, para cumplir con este objetivo se debe caracterizar la forma en que se realizan actualmente estos procesos; determinar la necesidad actual de crear una herramienta de ayuda para la implementación en las organizaciones, de los procedimientos para la atracción y retención de personas por medio de la relación entre el plan estratégico organizacional y la gestión del talento humano; plantear recomendaciones para las empresas cliente de Resiliencia y Gestión del Riesgo SAS, que les permita la priorización y estructuración de los procesos de Gestión de Talento Humano por Competencias y la explicación de los beneficios para el cumplimiento de objetivos. Para la consecución de lo anterior se realizó una investigación de tipo descriptiva con un enfoque cualitativo y un método analítico interpretativo mediante relaciones de variables extraídas a través de encuestas aplicadas

Number agreement attraction in comprehension has been extensively studied in various languages and it has been claimed that attraction effects are generally present across languages. In this paper, four experiments on Czech are presented, each examining a different structure. The Bayesian hierarchical models and Bayes factor analysis pointed towards no agreement attraction effects in three of the experiments. Only in one experiment an effect interpretable as signaling agreement attraction was observed. Its size, however, was so small that it did not translate into a clear preference for models with agreement attraction. The data from the four experiments were further compared to available data from several other languages (English, Armenian, Arabic, and Spanish). The emerging picture is that in Czech, agreement attraction effects are negligible in size if they appear at all. This presents a serious challenge to current theoretical explanations of agreement attraction effects.

Parker som är av god kvalitet har blivit allt mer viktigare i stadsplanering. Att ha möjlighet till vistelse av en kvalitativ park har visat sig vara en bidragande faktor till en mer jämlik folkhälsa. Forskning pekar på att en park som innehar mycket barriärer brister i besöksvänlighet. Barriärer kan yttra sig på olika sätt men är oftast kopplade till tillgänglighet, tillgång och attraktion. Tillgänglighet handlar om parkers existens och avstånd till bostäder. Tillgång innebär att en park är både fysiskt och psykiskt välkomnande och hur väl den är kommunicerad. Hur väl en park upplevs beror på att attraktionen till parken oftast handlar om att människor har olika behov. I detta arbete kommer vi att undersöka hur ett rättviseperspektiv i planering skulle kunna vara ett tillvägagångssätt för att minska barriärer i utveckling och utformning av parker. Genom att göra ett platsbesök, analysera dokument och utföra en intervju har vi kunnat skapa oss en förståelse för hur barriärer tar form och hur de potentiellt skulle kunna minska. Vårt arbete baseras på en tidigare studie som utgår från en tes om att mer utsatta grupper i samhället har sämre tillgång till kvalitativa parker. I studien visade det sig att tesen inte riktigt kunde styrkas dock framkom det att bland annat utsatta grupper oftast har sämre tillgång till parker med god attraktion. I vårt arbete har vi kommit fram till liknande resultat och även fått en förståelse i att ett ökat rättviseperspektiv i planering kan bidra till att minska barriärer., Good quality parks have become increasingly important in urban planning. Having the opportunity to stay in a quality park has proven to be a contributing factor to more equal public health. Research indicates that a park that has a lot of barriers is lacking in visitor friendliness. Barriers can express themselves in different ways but are usually linked to accessibility, access and attraction. Accessibility is about the existence of parks and distance to housing. Access means that a park is both physically and psychologically welcoming and how well it is communicated. How well a park is experienced depends on the fact that the attraction to the park is usually about people having different needs. In this work, we will investigate how a justice perspective in planning could be an approach to reduce barriers in the development and design of parks. By making a site visit, analyzing documents and conducting an interview, we have been able to create an understanding of how barriers take shape and how they could potentially be reduced. Our work is based on a previous study which is based on a thesis that more vulnerable groups in society have less access to quality parks. In the study, it turned out that the thesis could not really be substantiated, however, it emerged that, among other things, vulnerable groups usually have less access to parks with good attractions. In our work, we have come to similar results and also gained an understanding that an increased justice perspective in planning can contribute to reducing barriers.

The present article explores tourist attractions that include touch as a significant component of the tourist’splace-related experience. We have chosen to label this phenomenon “tactile tourism”. The tradition of touchingattractions is not new but has been a central part of the experience of specific place-related interests for a longtime. However, despite its frequent and often significant presence in tourist destinations, few studies in tourismresearch study the phenomenon. The article is based on a theoretical line of reasoning which starts from a fewconcrete examples of different places in Europe where we have identified tactile features relevant to tourism.The empirical material for our discussion has been collected partly through e-mail correspondence with touristorganizations in the places selected for the study and partly through articles in social media and other relevantsecondary data. This tactile experience contributes a substantial share of the primary enticement of the attractionand simultaneously invests the place with meaning, which in turn attracts tourists.

The present article explores tourist attractions that include touch as a significant component of the tourist’splace-related experience. We have chosen to label this phenomenon “tactile tourism”. The tradition of touchingattractions is not new but has been a central part of the experience of specific place-related interests for a longtime. However, despite its frequent and often significant presence in tourist destinations, few studies in tourismresearch study the phenomenon. The article is based on a theoretical line of reasoning which starts from a fewconcrete examples of different places in Europe where we have identified tactile features relevant to tourism.The empirical material for our discussion has been collected partly through e-mail correspondence with touristorganizations in the places selected for the study and partly through articles in social media and other relevantsecondary data. This tactile experience contributes a substantial share of the primary enticement of the attractionand simultaneously invests the place with meaning, which in turn attracts tourists.

Interpersonal attraction is known to motivate behavioral responses in the person experiencing this subjective phenomenon. Such responses may involve the imitation of behavior, as in mirroring or mimicry of postures or gestures, which have been found to be associated with the desire to be liked by an interlocutor. Speed dating provides a unique opportunity for the study of such behavioral manifestations of interpersonal attraction through the elimination of barriers to initiating communication, while maintaining significant ecological validity. In this paper we investigate the relationship between body movement, measured via accelerometer sensors, and self-reports or ratings of attraction and affiliation in a dataset of 399 speed dates between 72 subjects. Through machine learning experiments, we found that both features derived from a single individual's body movement and features designed to measure aspects of synchrony and convergence of the couple's body movement signals were predictive of different attraction ratings. Our statistical analysis revealed that the overall increase or decrease in an individual's body movement throughout an interaction is a potential indicator of friendly intentions, possibly related to the desire to affiliate., Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public., Pattern Recognition and Bioinformatics

Rancakalong District is one of the sub-districts in Sumedang Regency which has various tourist attractions, there as nature tourism, cultural tourism, special food, tourist villages, and even Sumedang Typical Batik. The Regional Government has established Rancakalong District as a center for natural and cultural tourism destinations. The purpose of this study was to analyze the potential of Rancakalong Tourism as a tourist destination. The analytical method is descriptive qualitative by using a 4 (four) A approach, namely attractions, accessibility, amenities, and ancillary. By using certain criteria, each component is assessed based on 4 (four) classifications, namely low, medium, high, and very high. The results of the analysis show that the Potential of the Rancakalong District Tourism Area is classified as medium tends to be high

The present article explores tourist attractions that include touch as a significant component of the tourist’splace-related experience. We have chosen to label this phenomenon “tactile tourism”. The tradition of touchingattractions is not new but has been a central part of the experience of specific place-related interests for a longtime. However, despite its frequent and often significant presence in tourist destinations, few studies in tourismresearch study the phenomenon. The article is based on a theoretical line of reasoning which starts from a fewconcrete examples of different places in Europe where we have identified tactile features relevant to tourism.The empirical material for our discussion has been collected partly through e-mail correspondence with touristorganizations in the places selected for the study and partly through articles in social media and other relevantsecondary data. This tactile experience contributes a substantial share of the primary enticement of the attractionand simultaneously invests the place with meaning, which in turn attracts tourists.

The present article explores tourist attractions that include touch as a significant component of the tourist’splace-related experience. We have chosen to label this phenomenon “tactile tourism”. The tradition of touchingattractions is not new but has been a central part of the experience of specific place-related interests for a longtime. However, despite its frequent and often significant presence in tourist destinations, few studies in tourismresearch study the phenomenon. The article is based on a theoretical line of reasoning which starts from a fewconcrete examples of different places in Europe where we have identified tactile features relevant to tourism.The empirical material for our discussion has been collected partly through e-mail correspondence with touristorganizations in the places selected for the study and partly through articles in social media and other relevantsecondary data. This tactile experience contributes a substantial share of the primary enticement of the attractionand simultaneously invests the place with meaning, which in turn attracts tourists.

Building upon existing literature on gay tourism, gay tourist motivation,and homosexuality, this article explores the primary determinants ofmotivation to travel for gay tourists in a conservative market and theirsatisfaction with Bali, an Asian and peripheral destination. The studyaims to provide valuable insights for destination marketers andstakeholders in Indonesia, enabling them to develop improvedmarketing strategies tailored to this niche tourism market. Aquantitative approach was employed, utilizing self-administeredquestionnaires distributed among gay tourists in Jakarta, Indonesia.Descriptive and multiple linear regression analyses were conducted toanalyze the experiences of 150 gay domestic tourists in Bali, Indonesia,as a tourist destination. The findings identified escape, experience, andpeace as significant factors influencing gay tourists' satisfaction, whilefriendliness, venue, beach, nightlife, and natural beauty were identifiedas destination attributes impacting holiday satisfaction. These findingscontribute to the existing body of literature on gay tourism, particularlywithin the Asian context, and provide valuable insights for destinationmanagers and marketers seeking a deeper understanding of this nichemarket segment., Com base na literatura sobre turismo gay, motivação de turistas gays e homossexualidade, este artigo examina os principais determinantes da motivação para viajar de turistas gays num mercado turístico conservador e sua satisfação com o destino de Bali. Os resultados determinaram atributos importantes que podem ser úteis para os profissionais de marketing e stakeholders na Indonésia, a fim de desenvolver estratégias de marketing mais eficientes e obter um melhor conhecimento desse nicho de mercado. Foi utilizada ama abordagem quantitativa a partir de questionários distribuídos entre turistas gays em Jacarta, Indonésia. Análises descritivas e de regressão linear múltipla foram utilizadas para analisar as experiências de 150 turistas gays domésticos na ilha de Bali. Os resultados identificaram escape, experiência e paz como fatores significativos para turistas gays, e amizade, locais, praia, vida noturna e beleza natural como perspectivas de destino que afetam a satisfação com as férias. Os resultados aprimoram o corpo existente de literatura sobre turismo gay, especificamente no contexto asiático, e são úteis para gestores e profissionais de marketing no melhor entendimento desse segmento de mercado de nicho.

The present article explores tourist attractions that include touch as a significant component of the tourist’splace-related experience. We have chosen to label this phenomenon “tactile tourism”. The tradition of touchingattractions is not new but has been a central part of the experience of specific place-related interests for a longtime. However, despite its frequent and often significant presence in tourist destinations, few studies in tourismresearch study the phenomenon. The article is based on a theoretical line of reasoning which starts from a fewconcrete examples of different places in Europe where we have identified tactile features relevant to tourism.The empirical material for our discussion has been collected partly through e-mail correspondence with touristorganizations in the places selected for the study and partly through articles in social media and other relevantsecondary data. This tactile experience contributes a substantial share of the primary enticement of the attractionand simultaneously invests the place with meaning, which in turn attracts tourists.

Studies show that employees are an organisation’s most important asset. Therefore, an employer needs to attract the desired future employees. Currently, core values appear frequently on employers’ websites. Core values could consequently operate as a part of external employer branding to attract candidates. The question remains whether core values matter to future employees when considering working for a specific company. The purpose of this study is to understand if the most frequently occurring core values matter to future employees. The aim is to help companies refine how they work with core values in external employer branding. This study was conducted by examining the most frequently used core values in 150 of the largest private employers in Sweden. Further, a survey investigated how students at Lund University perceived these core values. 71 students participated in the survey. The result showed that the most frequently occurring core values were “Responsibility”, “Customer Focus”, “Innovation”, “Commitment”, “Teamwork”, “Respect”, “Care”, “Simplicity”, and “Passion”. These core values appeared more than 20 times among the 150 examined employers. The students perceived these core values as important as they agreed more than disagreed regarding the importance of the mentioned core values when choosing to work for a specific company. The result also revealed that the students were generally attracted to core values when applying for a job. On the other hand, core values were not an important factor to the students when choosing to work for a specific company. The result suggested that core values matter, to some extent, but without being crucial when future employees consider an employer. Furthermore, the result could help companies evaluate how they can work with their core values. The study contributes by adding value for employers that want to shape their value proposition. Due to this study's size and time limitations, future research and development on the

Parker som är av god kvalitet har blivit allt mer viktigare i stadsplanering. Att ha möjlighet till vistelse av en kvalitativ park har visat sig vara en bidragande faktor till en mer jämlik folkhälsa. Forskning pekar på att en park som innehar mycket barriärer brister i besöksvänlighet. Barriärer kan yttra sig på olika sätt men är oftast kopplade till tillgänglighet, tillgång och attraktion. Tillgänglighet handlar om parkers existens och avstånd till bostäder. Tillgång innebär att en park är både fysiskt och psykiskt välkomnande och hur väl den är kommunicerad. Hur väl en park upplevs beror på att attraktionen till parken oftast handlar om att människor har olika behov. I detta arbete kommer vi att undersöka hur ett rättviseperspektiv i planering skulle kunna vara ett tillvägagångssätt för att minska barriärer i utveckling och utformning av parker. Genom att göra ett platsbesök, analysera dokument och utföra en intervju har vi kunnat skapa oss en förståelse för hur barriärer tar form och hur de potentiellt skulle kunna minska. Vårt arbete baseras på en tidigare studie som utgår från en tes om att mer utsatta grupper i samhället har sämre tillgång till kvalitativa parker. I studien visade det sig att tesen inte riktigt kunde styrkas dock framkom det att bland annat utsatta grupper oftast har sämre tillgång till parker med god attraktion. I vårt arbete har vi kommit fram till liknande resultat och även fått en förståelse i att ett ökat rättviseperspektiv i planering kan bidra till att minska barriärer., Good quality parks have become increasingly important in urban planning. Having the opportunity to stay in a quality park has proven to be a contributing factor to more equal public health. Research indicates that a park that has a lot of barriers is lacking in visitor friendliness. Barriers can express themselves in different ways but are usually linked to accessibility, access and attraction. Accessibility is about the existence of parks and distance to housing. Access means that a park is both physically and psychologically welcoming and how well it is communicated. How well a park is experienced depends on the fact that the attraction to the park is usually about people having different needs. In this work, we will investigate how a justice perspective in planning could be an approach to reduce barriers in the development and design of parks. By making a site visit, analyzing documents and conducting an interview, we have been able to create an understanding of how barriers take shape and how they could potentially be reduced. Our work is based on a previous study which is based on a thesis that more vulnerable groups in society have less access to quality parks. In the study, it turned out that the thesis could not really be substantiated, however, it emerged that, among other things, vulnerable groups usually have less access to parks with good attractions. In our work, we have come to similar results and also gained an understanding that an increased justice perspective in planning can contribute to reducing barriers.

While we instantaneously recognize a face as attractive, it is much harder to explain what exactly defines personal attraction. This suggests that attraction depends on implicit processing of complex, culturally and individually defined features. Generative adversarial neural networks (GANs), which learn to mimic complex data distributions, can potentially model subjective preferences unconstrained by pre-defined model parameterization. Here, we present generative brain-computer interfaces (GBCI), coupling GANs with brain-computer interfaces. GBCI first presents a selection of images and captures personalized attractiveness reactions toward the images via electroencephalography. These reactions are then used to control a GAN model, finding a representation that matches the features constituting an attractive image for an individual. We conducted an experiment (N = 30) to validate GBCI using a face-generating GAN and producing images that are hypothesized to be individually attractive. In double-blind evaluation of the GBCI-produced images against matched controls, we found GBCI yielded highly accurate results. Thus, the use of EEG responses to control a GAN presents a valid tool for interactive information-generation. Furthermore, the GBCI-derived images visually replicated known effects from social neuroscience, suggesting that the individually responsive, generative nature of GBCI provides a powerful, new tool in mapping individual differences and visualizing cognitive-affective processing.

While we instantaneously recognize a face as attractive, it is much harder to explain what exactly defines personal attraction. This suggests that attraction depends on implicit processing of complex, culturally and individually defined features. Generative adversarial neural networks (GANs), which learn to mimic complex data distributions, can potentially model subjective preferences unconstrained by pre-defined model parameterization. Here, we present generative brain-computer interfaces (GBCI), coupling GANs with brain-computer interfaces. GBCI first presents a selection of images and captures personalized attractiveness reactions toward the images via electroencephalography. These reactions are then used to control a GAN model, finding a representation that matches the features constituting an attractive image for an individual. We conducted an experiment (N = 30) to validate GBCI using a face-generating GAN and producing images that are hypothesized to be individually attractive. In double-blind evaluation of the GBCI-produced images against matched controls, we found GBCI yielded highly accurate results. Thus, the use of EEG responses to control a GAN presents a valid tool for interactive information-generation. Furthermore, the GBCI-derived images visually replicated known effects from social neuroscience, suggesting that the individually responsive, generative nature of GBCI provides a powerful, new tool in mapping individual differences and visualizing cognitive-affective processing.

Self-paced reading has been a widely used experimental method for study of the processing of sentences and texts. In this paper, we introduce the method to the Czech audience. We summarize its advantages and limitations and provide practical suggestions on stimuli construction and data pro-cessing. We also present different variants of the method, we discuss its ecological validity, and we summarize the experimental evidence showing that reaction times collected in self-paced reading can be linked to processing demands people might experience during reading. Finally, we present three examples of the application of the method: an experiment on agreement attraction in Czech, an experiment on garden-path sentences in Czech and an experiment studying the processing of short discourses in English. We also briefly discuss new trends that connect corpus linguistics with psycholinguistic discourse processing research and lead to the development of reading-time corpora.

In recent years, pressures for making society more sustainable have been on a constant increase, and many of the new green technology solutions which will facilitate this change are likely to originate from small high-tech firms. However, young technology-based firms often fail to successfully bring their products to the market – a process known as commercialization. The purpose of this study was to from a managerial perspective contribute to narrowing the gap between practice and academia in the largely unexplored area of commercializing green tech. A qualitative study using an abductive research approach was conducted based on semi-structured interviews carried out at five Swedish green tech companies, followed by an analysis based on grounded theory. From this, four main challenges of green tech commercialization in Sweden were identified, including the reliance of green tech firms on external actors, challenges related to attracting employees and partners, the risk of green tech markets not materializing, and difficulties related to securing financing. Additionally, four underlying themes connected to these challenges were discussed, including issues related to the apparent interrelatedness of green tech markets, the importance of policy support to green tech viability, the importance of investor support, and issues related to gaining trust.

Although chemistry is a well-known, sought-after interpersonal phenomenon, it has remained relatively unexplored in the psychological literature. The purpose of this article is to begin articulating a theoretically grounded and precise definition of interpersonal chemistry. To that end, we propose a conceptual model of interpersonal chemistry centered around the notion that when two or more individuals experience chemistry with one another, they experience their interaction as something more than the sum of their separate contributions. Our model stipulates that chemistry encompasses both behavior (i.e., what chemistry "looks like") and its perception (i.e., what it "feels like"). The behavior involves interaction sequences in which synchronicity is high and in which people's goals are expressed and responded to in supportive and encouraging ways. The perception of chemistry includes cognitive (i.e., perception of shared identity), affective (i.e., positive affect and attraction), and behavioral (i.e., perceived goal-relevant coordination) components. We review existing research on chemistry as well as supporting evidence from relevant topics (e.g., attraction, similarity, perceived partner responsiveness, synchrony) that inform and support this model. We hope that this conceptual model stimulates research to identify the circumstances in which chemistry arises and the processes by which it affects individuals, their interactions, and their relationships.

This article examines the circulation of the first scientific films at the turn of the XXth century, primarily in the French context, when one could witness their sporadic diffusion in entertainment venues and a growing enthusiasm surrounding the reception of the first popular science series. Following the unearthing of some traces of scientific films in the cinéma forain, this article focuses on the reception of scientific series by Charles Urban, which were screened at the London Alhambra Theatre in 1903, and of the first micro-cinematographic films (1908) by Jean Comandon. Thus, the article provides a brief review of scientific films’ positioning within the screening programming practices of the 1910s, revealing that, in those years, scientific films continued to be perceived as “highly attractive” spectacles. In conclusion, by analyzing these films’ resonance in the press, the article will identify several tropes of estrangement. These tropes borrowed from the tradition of the magic lanterns’ scientific projections, which will reappear shortly thereafter – carrying new meanings – within the theories of the medium specificity in the 1920s, when scientific films were integrated within avant-garde screening practices.

Artificial lights are known to induce mass mortality of petrels. This study analyzes this phenomenon in Reunion Island, where four species are impacted: the endemic Barau’s petrel (Pterodroma baraui) and Mascarene petrel (Pseudobulweria aterrima), the tropical shearwater (Puffinus bailloni) and the wedge-tailed shearwater (Ardenna pacifica). 40,036 birds were found grounded between January 1996 and December 2021, most of which were fledglings. Spatial distribution of groundings matched with the distribution and intensity of light pollution. With a mark and recapture method, we estimated that at least 3.93 % of Barau's petrels fledglings are affected by light-induced groundings each year. This method was also used to estimate Barau’s Petrel population around 33,000 breeding pairs. Time series analyses showed strong positive trends of the number of groundings for all species, which were positively correlated with the intensity of light pollution. All species showed a seasonal increase in groundings coinciding with their fledging periods. Interannual variations of Barau's petrel and wedge-tailed shearwater groundings were explained by moon phase at their fledging peaks. We built statistical models to explain year-to-year changes in the number of groundings for each species, and used them to predict the number of groundings in the next decades. We predicted that up to 87,000 petrels may be found grounded from 2022 to 2050 if nothing is done to reduce light pollution. These results and predictions underline the urgent need to strengthen the rescue campaign and to implement strong light reduction measures.

People have ideas about the attributes (i.e., traits or characteristics that vary along a dimension) that they like in others (e.g., "I like intelligence in a romantic partner"), and these ideas about liking are called summarized attribute preferences (Ledgerwood et al., 2018). But where do summarized preferences come from, and what do they predict? Across four studies, we examined how people form summarized attribute preferences and whether they predict situation selection. We showed participants a series of photographs of faces and assessed both their experienced liking for an attribute (or functional attribute preference) as well as their inference about how much they liked the attribute in the abstract (their summarized attribute preference). Our results suggest that summarized attribute preferences-despite being (weakly) grounded in functional attribute preferences-were affected by incidental aspects of the context in which people learn about them (i.e., the overall likeability of the pool of faces). Furthermore, we observed a double dissociation in the predictive validity of summarized and functional attribute preferences: Whereas summarized attribute preferences predicted situation selection at a distance (e.g., whether to join a new dating website based on a description of it), functional attribute preferences predicted situation selection with experience (e.g., whether to join a new dating website after sampling it). We discuss theoretical and methodological implications for the interdisciplinary science of human evaluation. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

Introducción: la diversidad y la inclusión (D&I) son desafíos empresariales debido a la brecha existente entre intenciones y comportamientos. Los protocolos de intervención de las ciencias comportamentales permiten cerrar esa brecha para crear espacios diversos e incluyentes. Método: con una campaña de comunicaciones, a partir de la identificación de capacidades, oportunidades y motivaciones, se promueve la D&I en 32 responsables de procesos de atracción y selección. Resultados: se crea un protocolo que consta de tres pasos, sensibilización -comprensión del problema-, aprendizaje -construcción de un concepto integral de D&I-, y retroalimentación -generación de compromiso. Discusión: promover la D&I a través de intervenciones comportamentales integra el contexto y hace partícipes a las personas, generando así mayores oportunidades de participación y aportando a la gestión y a los resultados empresariales esperados. Conclusión: esta metodología promueve comportamientos organizacionales e iniciativas sociales., Introduction: Diversity and inclusion (D&I) are organizational challenges due to the gap between intentions and behaviors. Intervention protocols from behavioral sciences allow closing this gap to create diverse and inclusive spaces. Method: Using a communicational strategy, based on identifying capacities, opportunities and motivations, D&I was promoted in 32 individuals responsible for attraction and selection processes. Results: A three-step protocol was created, using sensitization -understanding of the problem-, learning – developing an integral concept of D&I-, and feedback -establishing commitment. Conclusion: This methodology promotes organizational behaviors and social impact initiatives.

This chapter analyzes the diachronic development in 19th- and 20th-century American English of the synonyms fragrant, perfumed, and scented, which denote the concept sweet-smelling. Their distributional patterns are examined by means of conditional inference trees and collocational networks in order to (1) uncover distinctions in meaning between the synonyms and (2) determine the changes that the concept sweet-smelling has experienced and their effect on the relationship between the synonyms. Results indicate a significant split between entities denoting natural and artificial smells, associated with fragrant and perfumed, respectively. In turn, scented is common in both senses. Moreover, a significant increase of scented at the expense of fragrant and perfumed emerges over time, a fact which can be accounted for in terms of processes of attraction, differentiation, and ongoing replacement.

Artificial lights are known to induce mass mortality of petrels. This study analyzes this phenomenon in Reunion Island, where four species are impacted: the endemic Barau’s petrel (Pterodroma baraui) and Mascarene petrel (Pseudobulweria aterrima), the tropical shearwater (Puffinus bailloni) and the wedge-tailed shearwater (Ardenna pacifica). 40,036 birds were found grounded between January 1996 and December 2021, most of which were fledglings. Spatial distribution of groundings matched with the distribution and intensity of light pollution. With a mark and recapture method, we estimated that at least 3.93 % of Barau's petrels fledglings are affected by light-induced groundings each year. This method was also used to estimate Barau’s Petrel population around 33,000 breeding pairs. Time series analyses showed strong positive trends of the number of groundings for all species, which were positively correlated with the intensity of light pollution. All species showed a seasonal increase in groundings coinciding with their fledging periods. Interannual variations of Barau's petrel and wedge-tailed shearwater groundings were explained by moon phase at their fledging peaks. We built statistical models to explain year-to-year changes in the number of groundings for each species, and used them to predict the number of groundings in the next decades. We predicted that up to 87,000 petrels may be found grounded from 2022 to 2050 if nothing is done to reduce light pollution. These results and predictions underline the urgent need to strengthen the rescue campaign and to implement strong light reduction measures.

Ce recueil de fiches consiste en une caractérisation des équipements touristiques parmi les plus importants en termes de territoire dédié en Wallonie. Le premier volume est principalement consacré aux attractions touristiques.Après un premier chapitre expliquant comment a été conçu le modèle de fiche, quatre types d'attractions sont caractérisées :« Attractions du pôle d'intérêt culturel », « Attractions du pôle d'intérêt naturel », « Attractions du pôle d'intérêt récréatif » et « Golfs ». Une dernière fiche s’intéresse aux « Infrastructures pour foires, salons et congrès ».La description proposée aborde notamment la répartition spatiale de ces différents types d’infrastructures (dont l'emprise au sol pour les équipements de grande taille), leurs caractéristiques touristiques (capacité d'accueil ou fréquentation, reconnaissance officielle et des utilisateurs), leur rapport au territoire (accessibilité, contraintes physiques et légales…) et leur dynamique spatio-temporelle.Avec ces fiches, le premier objectif de la recherche « Tourisme et Territoire :gérer le passé et préparer l'avenir (2020-2022) » était de mobiliser les données disponibles, voire de les créer, afin d’acquérir une meilleure connaissance territoriale du tourisme wallon. Les traitements ont également abouti à des recommandations quant à des améliorations possibles dans la gestion des données touristiques et à des pistes pour approfondir les liens entre les infrastructures touristiques et l’aménagement du territoire., info:eu-repo/semantics/published

Un projet de développement fait appel à divers éléments que ce soit sur le plan financier, matériel, logiciel et humain, au-delà de tout le capital humain demeure l’élément central. Comme dans beaucoup de régions au Québec, la région du Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean est aussi confrontée au problème de décroissance de la population et de pénurie de main-d’oeuvre. La région du Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean par l’intermédiaire de l’UQAC accueille chaque année beaucoup d’étudiants internationaux. Plusieurs de ces étudiants après leurs études retournent dans leur pays d’origine, d’autres cependant envisagent de faire leur carrière professionnelle au Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean. Que ce soit à l’université ou dans la vie sociale, les étudiants internationaux traversent des situations et des moments qui souvent sont déterminants dans leur décision de poursuivre ou non leur carrière professionnelle au Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean. Les résultats de cette recherche qualitative ont permis d’avoir une idée générale sur le processus d’intégration, les raisons et les motivations qui peuvent amener certains étudiants internationaux à poursuivre leur carrière professionnelle au Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean en contribuant au développement du territoire régional. De plus, les apports des étudiants internationaux et des travailleurs immigrants pour résoudre les problèmes de main-d’oeuvre, de décroissance démographique et d’augmentation de la diversité en région sont abordés dans la recherche. Il est apparu que si l'emploi demeure la raison majeure pour s’installer en région, d’autres éléments comme l’acception de la population locale, la nature et l’environnement, le bas coût de la vie et le style de vie moins stressant font également partie des facteurs qui peuvent inciter les étudiants internationaux à demeurer au Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean pour y faire leur carrière professionnelle.

Indonesia memiliki potensi beberapa daerah tempat wisata untuk menarik wisatawan, salah satunya adalah Kota Tarakan yang juga dikenal sebagai salah satu tujuan wisata di Indonesia. Penelitian ini mendeskripsikan dampak komponen produk wisata yang terdiri dari atraksi, amenitas, aksesibilitas, infrastruktur terhadap kepuasan berkunjung ditaman oval markoni, kota tarakan. Taman oval markoni merupakan salah satu destinasi wisata yang memiliki konsep ruang terbuka hijau. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah pengunjung yang berada diwilayah taman markoni. (Usia 17-42 tahun) Sampel sebanyak 120 orang berkunjung ke Taman Oval Markoni berdasarkan karakteristiknya. Analisis data menggunakan regresi linier berganda dan pengujian hipotesis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Attraction, Amenitas, Aksesibilitas, Infrastruktur berpengaruh signifikan terhadap Kepuasan Pengunjung. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa pengunjung dapat merasakan dampak yang sangat baik jika berkunjung pada tempat wisata taman oval markoni yang dimana tepat lokasinya berada di kota Tarakan provinsi Kalimantan utara. Dengan demikian akan memberikan dampak yang sangat bernilai khususnya bidang pariwisata dan berefek terhadap kebanggaan salah satu icon pariwisata kota tarakan sehingga dapat meberi konstribusi baik dibidang promosi maupun ekonomi.

In recent years, pressures for making society more sustainable have been on a constant increase, and many of the new green technology solutions which will facilitate this change are likely to originate from small high-tech firms. However, young technology-based firms often fail to successfully bring their products to the market – a process known as commercialization. The purpose of this study was to from a managerial perspective contribute to narrowing the gap between practice and academia in the largely unexplored area of commercializing green tech. A qualitative study using an abductive research approach was conducted based on semi-structured interviews carried out at five Swedish green tech companies, followed by an analysis based on grounded theory. From this, four main challenges of green tech commercialization in Sweden were identified, including the reliance of green tech firms on external actors, challenges related to attracting employees and partners, the risk of green tech markets not materializing, and difficulties related to securing financing. Additionally, four underlying themes connected to these challenges were discussed, including issues related to the apparent interrelatedness of green tech markets, the importance of policy support to green tech viability, the importance of investor support, and issues related to gaining trust.

Uppsatsen avsåg att undersöka 1) vilka egenskaper respondenterna rapporterade som viktiga hos en idealpartner, 2) om det fanns skillnader i till vilken grad kvinnor och män matchade en idealpartners egenskaper med sina egna egenskaper och 3) hur viktigt det var för kvinnor respektive män att deras idealpartner delade liknande egenskaper. 211 deltagare (154 kvinnor, 56 män, 1 genderqueer) deltog i en enkätstudie om hur egenskaper (2: personliga värderingar, intressen) spelar in i valet av en idealpartner. Resultatet visade att de tre intressen som flest respondenter valde som viktiga hos en idealpartner var hemmakväll/myskväll, vara med vänner och gå på restaurang. De tre personliga värderingar som flest respondenter valde som viktiga hos en idealpartner var humor/glädje, pålitlighet och ärlighet. Personliga värderingar matchade, oberoende av kön, i högre grad mellan respondent och idealpartner än intressen. Att dela liknande värderingar med en idealpartner skattades som viktigare än att dela liknande intressen. Resultatet visade däremot att kvinnor skattade personliga värderingar som viktigare än män medan män skattade intressen som viktigare än kvinnor. Resultatet diskuteras i relation till socialpsykologiska teorier om likhet och komplementaritet., The thesis intended to investigate 1) which characteristics the respondents reported as important in an ideal partner, 2) whether there were differences in the extent to which women and men matched an ideal partner's characteristics with their own characteristics and 3) how important it was for women and men that their ideal partner shared similar characteristics. 211 participants (154 women, 56 men, 1 genderqueer) participated in a questionnaire study on how characteristics (2: personal values, interests) play a role in the choice of an ideal partner. The results showed that the three interests that most respondents chose as important for an ideal partner were a stay-at-home evening/cosy evening, being with friends and going to a restaurant. The three personal values that most respondents chose as important in an ideal partner were humour/joy, reliability and honesty. Personal values matched, regardless of gender, to a greater extent between respondent and ideal partner compared to interests. Sharing similar values with an ideal partner was considered more important than sharing similar interests. The results showed, however, that women rated personal values as more important than men, while men rated interests as more important than women. The results are discussed in relation to social psychological theories of similarity and complementarity.

Although chemistry is a well-known, sought-after interpersonal phenomenon, it has remained relatively unexplored in the psychological literature. The purpose of this article is to begin articulating a theoretically grounded and precise definition of interpersonal chemistry. To that end, we propose a conceptual model of interpersonal chemistry centered around the notion that when two or more individuals experience chemistry with one another, they experience their interaction as something more than the sum of their separate contributions. Our model stipulates that chemistry encompasses both behavior (i.e., what chemistry "looks like") and its perception (i.e., what it "feels like"). The behavior involves interaction sequences in which synchronicity is high and in which people's goals are expressed and responded to in supportive and encouraging ways. The perception of chemistry includes cognitive (i.e., perception of shared identity), affective (i.e., positive affect and attraction), and behavioral (i.e., perceived goal-relevant coordination) components. We review existing research on chemistry as well as supporting evidence from relevant topics (e.g., attraction, similarity, perceived partner responsiveness, synchrony) that inform and support this model. We hope that this conceptual model stimulates research to identify the circumstances in which chemistry arises and the processes by which it affects individuals, their interactions, and their relationships.

Digital platform work is undertaken as short term, temporary ‘gigs’ mediated by platform businesses that connect self-employed workers to clients via an app. Platforms manage and profit from labour-capital relations yet are not employers. This study explores the extent to which, and how, digital platforms implement human resource practices to attract and select self-employed platform workers. A qualitative, comparative analysis of the website content, and terms and conditions documents of 17 digital platforms offering virtual work in graphic design, and in-person care work in Australia was undertaken. The findings reveal how platforms combine traditional recruitment practices with new forms of algorithmic shortlisting that result in industry-specific risks for platform workers. More broadly, the study provides insights into the recruitment practices used by digital platform businesses and contributes to knowledge of how the roles and responsibilities of human resource management are reconfigured in digital platform work.

The approach to literary translation proposed here relies on three concepts: beauty, generated from ambiguity; attraction, produced on the reader-translator by the source text; and the effect caused by the source text and the translated text. Attraction is linked to what we may deem beautiful, or to what we could call the beauty effect; and it is what triggers the movement towards translation. The reader-translator must thus be seduced by the text while at the same time trying to make up for the absence generated by it. As for the effect, that the translator must identify in order to eventually reproduce it, it is linked to the internal cohesion of the text, to the marks left by the author and to the ambiguity inherent in the aesthetics of the text. In other words, the effect of the text is what the translator should yearn to reproduce, after finding his or her way., La noción de traducción literaria que les proponemos en estas páginas se cimenta en tres conceptos: la belleza, definida por su relación con el vacío y lo ambiguo, la atracción que ejerce el texto origen sobre el lector-traductor y el efecto provocado tanto por el texto origen como por el traducido. La atracción, estrechamente relacionada con lo que nos gusta, con lo que podríamos denominar el efecto de lo bello, es considerada en estas páginas como el motor de la traducción, en cuanto que el lector-traductor debe ser seducido por el texto que va a traducir, al tiempo que intentar colmar la ausencia que lo interpela. En cuanto al efecto, que hay que saber aprehender si queremos reproducirlo en la traducción, está unido a la coherencia interna del texto, a las huellas del autor, a la ambigüedad inherente a la estética del texto. Resumiendo, el traductor debe consagrase al efecto que produce el texto, una vez haya encontrado su vía y su voz.

Artificial light at night (ALAN) is becoming a greater threat to nocturnal species. Aside from the overall increase in light output, replacing outdated monochromatic street lighting with light-emitting diode (LED) lights with a broad emission spectrum could raise this issue more. However, studies evaluating the effect of artificial lights on nocturnal species, such as moths, are scarce. This study examines any variations in moth attraction as well as any other sex-based behavioural differences (mating behaviour – wing fanning, trajectory-circular movement, overall movement time) between male and female moths in the presence of warm-white light. This study used warm-white light LED (2718 K) and Galleria mellonella moth, reared in the lab and completed the experiment under standardised conditions in an enclosed setting. I found the male moths (100%) were significantly (p = 0.024) attracted to warm-white light LED compare to female moths (37%). While other behaviours such as wing fanning, circular movement, overall moving time, and favoured light illuminance for rest weren't significantly different (p > 0.05). In the future, it will be important to investigate the effects of warm-white light LED with different lower CCT (< 2718K) on moths, as well as the sex differences in their behaviour both in a controlled and an open environment. This will help authorities to decide on outdoor lighting systems in different countries and continents.

Title: All angels of love – A study about the representation of love in Swedish film between the period 1932-2011 Subject: Sociology Author: Penny Salomonsson The purpose of this study is to form an understanding regarding what love is in Swedish love movies from 1932 to 2011. Previous studies have shown that love has gone from being a couple thing to be about the individual. Previous studies also showing that love and intimacy are close relatives. This means that a relationship who consist of both love and intimacy is in most cases a relationship that contains reciprocity and is a relationship where both parties consider it to be love relation. Last but not least, film is a strong carrier of values and norms and is therefore a natural arena for staging popular perceptions. To study love in movies is therefore of great relevance because it can show what love has been and what it is and that can say something about our Swedish society. This study is based on a qualitative research method. The methods are narrative analysis and semiotic analysis. Narrative analysis study how specific events, messages and how things are told effect a history. A semiotic analysis is about studying signs and sign theory. Fifteen Swedish love movies were included in the study, some belong to the genre of drama and others comedy. Those genres where chosen because they are the genres that represent love the most. The theoretical perspective that the collected data is analysed through is Anthony Giddens theories about passionate love, romantic love and the pure relationship and concepts like genus, the male gaze and heteronormativity are also used. The result of this study shows that during the chosen time romantic love and passionate love are in some sense always present. In summary the portrayal of love over time in Swedish love movies has not changed drastically. All selected movies from different decades contain similar emotions. It includes the experience of finding your other half

Children outdoor playground and play equipment have been innovative in design and interaction in recent years. Multiple pieces of research attempt to use technologies to refresh play and activities experience in playground. The article focus on an IoT playground project about technological-enhanced artefacts installed and located in Magistratshagen, Linköping. This study investigates how do technology-enhanced artefacts actively attract and engage children in the playground. Specifically, actively attract and engage means the artefact invites players and sustains their attention on the activities. Research through design is used to study the behaviour of our participant. Previous observation data are used to give an initial idea of playground structure and play activities. After the analysis, on-field observation was conduct in the Magistratshagen playground. A visual and audio based scenario design is created to gather more data on attracting attention. The result showed that audio and visual element has a significant advantage on grabbing player’s attention. However, the visual and audio effect in the design fails to keep participants’ attention. The concept of social interaction should be considered when we are designing attracting and engaging interaction for playground artefact.

The ultimate aim of this thesis is to contribute to the development of the concept of repulsion in soft power studies. This is achieved through the operational aim, which is to understand the concept of repulsion by exploring how a feeling of repulsion can be engendered in a state or region by the actions or inactions of the agent. As the antithesis of attraction, I argue that repulsion can be elicited in the subject (state or region) through the culture, values or policies of the agent. Australia’s much maligned climate change response and how it has been received in the Pacific islands was selected as a case study. It was concluded through the application of a repulsion framework that Australia’s response to climate change has likely elicited a feeling of repulsion in the Pacific islands. Through the development of a bespoke repulsion framework, in conjunction with an appropriate methodology that supports the identification of repulsion engendered in a subject by an agent, this study contributes to the advancement of repulsion as a cogent concept in soft power studies.

The approach to literary translation proposed here relies on three concepts: beauty, generated from ambiguity; attraction, produced on the reader-translator by the source text; and the effect caused by the source text and the translated text. Attraction is linked to what we may deem beautiful, or to what we could call the beauty effect; and it is what triggers the movement towards translation. The reader-translator must thus be seduced by the text while at the same time trying to make up for the absence generated by it. As for the effect, that the translator must identify in order to eventually reproduce it, it is linked to the internal cohesion of the text, to the marks left by the author and to the ambiguity inherent in the aesthetics of the text. In other words, the effect of the text is what the translator should yearn to reproduce, after finding his or her way., La noción de traducción literaria que les proponemos en estas páginas se cimenta en tres conceptos: la belleza, definida por su relación con el vacío y lo ambiguo, la atracción que ejerce el texto origen sobre el lector-traductor y el efecto provocado tanto por el texto origen como por el traducido. La atracción, estrechamente relacionada con lo que nos gusta, con lo que podríamos denominar el efecto de lo bello, es considerada en estas páginas como el motor de la traducción, en cuanto que el lector-traductor debe ser seducido por el texto que va a traducir, al tiempo que intentar colmar la ausencia que lo interpela. En cuanto al efecto, que hay que saber aprehender si queremos reproducirlo en la traducción, está unido a la coherencia interna del texto, a las huellas del autor, a la ambigüedad inherente a la estética del texto. Resumiendo, el traductor debe consagrase al efecto que produce el texto, una vez haya encontrado su vía y su voz.

Amulets, relics, talismans, respond to their use in fashion as a decodable and ac-cessible semantic load. In its meaning, it captures groups of users, attracts them, these are sensitive to the symbolic load that certain figurative elements have, identify and are grat-ified by its use in fashion. This goes beyond the plane of logic / reason and is located, we can say, in a sensitive place, charged with emotionality, magic and mystery. The sign always found its expressive prominence in the history of mankind, and in the history of fashion.These signs loaded with intention, awaken in the future user an irrational component, which enhances a sense of brotherhood in those who wear it. In other words, these gar-ments intervened through: prints, embroidery, accessories; they reveal the latent identity of the brand, its values and identity postulates., Amuletos, reliquias, talismanes, responden a su uso en la moda como una carga semántica decodificable y accesible. En su significado captura a grupos de usuarios, los atrae, estos sensibles ante la carga simbólica que tienen ciertos elementos figurativos, se identifican y se gratifican con su uso en la moda. Esto sobrepasa el plano de la lógica/razón y se ubica, podemos decir, en un lugar sensible, cargado de emocionalidad, magia y misterio. El signo, siempre encontró su protagonismo expresivo en la historia de la humanidad, y en la historia de la moda. Estos signos cargados de intención, despiertan en el futuro usuario la aparición de un componente irracional, el cual potencia un sentido de hermandad en quienes lo portan. Es decir estas prendas intervenidas a través de: estampas, bordados, accesorios; ponen de manifiesto la identidad latente de la marca, sus valores y postulados identitarios., Amuletos, relíquias, talismãs, respondem ao seu uso na moda como uma carga semântica decodificável e acessível. No seu sentido, captura grupos de usuários, atrai-os, estes sensíveis à carga simbólica que certos elementos figurativos possuem, identificam e se gratificam com seu uso na moda. Este ultrapassa o plano da lógica / razão e se situa, po-demos dizer, em um lugar sensível, carregado de emoção, magia e mistério. O signo sem-pre encontrou seu destaque expressivo na história da humanidade e na história da moda.Esses signos carregados de intenção despertam no futuro usuário a aparência de um com-ponente irracional, o que aumenta o sentimento de fraternidade em quem o usa. Ou seja, essas vestimentas intervieram por meio de: estampas, bordados, acessórios; revelam a identidade latente da marca, seus valores e postulados de identidade.

Terrestrial animals feed on fruit dropped by arboreal frugivores in tropical forests around the world, but it remains unknown whether the resulting spatial associations of these animals are coincidental or intentionally maintained. On Barro Colorado Island, Panama, we used a combination of acoustic playback experiments, remote camera monitoring, and GPS tracking to quantify the frequency of such interactions, determine who initiates and maintains spatial associations, and test whether terrestrial animals adopt a strategy of acoustic eavesdropping to locate fruit patches created by foraging primates. Indeed, 90% of fruits collected in fruit fall traps had tooth marks of arboreal frugivores, and terrestrial frugivores visited fruit trees sooner following visits by GPS-collared monkeys. While our play back experiments were insufficient to support the hypothesis that terrestrial frugivores use auditory cues to locate food dropped by arboreal primates, analyses of movement paths of capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus), spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi), and coatis (Nasua narica) reveal that observed patterns of interspecific attraction are not merely a byproduct of mutual attraction to shared resources. Coatis were significantly more likely to initiate close encounters with arboreal primates than vice versa and maintained these associations by spending significantly longer periods at fruiting trees when collared primates were present. Our results demonstrate that terrestrial frugivores are attracted to arboreal primates, likely because they increase local resource availability. Primates are often among the first species in a habitat to be extirpated by hunting; our results suggest that their loss may have unanticipated consequences for the frugivore community. Abstract in Spanish is available with online material.

Title: All angels of love – A study about the representation of love in Swedish film between the period 1932-2011 Subject: Sociology Author: Penny Salomonsson The purpose of this study is to form an understanding regarding what love is in Swedish love movies from 1932 to 2011. Previous studies have shown that love has gone from being a couple thing to be about the individual. Previous studies also showing that love and intimacy are close relatives. This means that a relationship who consist of both love and intimacy is in most cases a relationship that contains reciprocity and is a relationship where both parties consider it to be love relation. Last but not least, film is a strong carrier of values and norms and is therefore a natural arena for staging popular perceptions. To study love in movies is therefore of great relevance because it can show what love has been and what it is and that can say something about our Swedish society. This study is based on a qualitative research method. The methods are narrative analysis and semiotic analysis. Narrative analysis study how specific events, messages and how things are told effect a history. A semiotic analysis is about studying signs and sign theory. Fifteen Swedish love movies were included in the study, some belong to the genre of drama and others comedy. Those genres where chosen because they are the genres that represent love the most. The theoretical perspective that the collected data is analysed through is Anthony Giddens theories about passionate love, romantic love and the pure relationship and concepts like genus, the male gaze and heteronormativity are also used. The result of this study shows that during the chosen time romantic love and passionate love are in some sense always present. In summary the portrayal of love over time in Swedish love movies has not changed drastically. All selected movies from different decades contain similar emotions. It includes the experience of finding your other half

The ultimate aim of this thesis is to contribute to the development of the concept of repulsion in soft power studies. This is achieved through the operational aim, which is to understand the concept of repulsion by exploring how a feeling of repulsion can be engendered in a state or region by the actions or inactions of the agent. As the antithesis of attraction, I argue that repulsion can be elicited in the subject (state or region) through the culture, values or policies of the agent. Australia’s much maligned climate change response and how it has been received in the Pacific islands was selected as a case study. It was concluded through the application of a repulsion framework that Australia’s response to climate change has likely elicited a feeling of repulsion in the Pacific islands. Through the development of a bespoke repulsion framework, in conjunction with an appropriate methodology that supports the identification of repulsion engendered in a subject by an agent, this study contributes to the advancement of repulsion as a cogent concept in soft power studies.