As an attempt to clarify the meaning of ‘values’ within ecosystem services (ES) assessments, this paper proposes integration and fine-tuning concept ‘socio-cultural values’ ES assessment framework. Firstly, it makes a conceptual clarification between biophysical, social or monetary value indicators describing performance service, socio-cultural values reflecting opinions on importance (set of) ...

The experiences game players and other people have around digital games are not limited to the intensive, immersive ways of playing them. Therefore the earlier SCI model of gameplay experiences is not sufficient to cover the full range of game experiences. In this paper a more comprehensive model is presented by describing the multiple contextual layers that surround and underlie every encounte...

Using a unique dataset (N=2,014), we examine the preand post-migration determinants of socio-cultural integration among first-generation immigrant groups in southern Europe: Moroccan and Senegalese migrants in Spain, and Egyptian and Ghanaian migrants in Italy. The results of the pooled and immigrant-group specific regression analyses partly highlight the dominance of pre-migration factors. Imm...

In addition to words and grammar, socio-cultural knowledge is also of vital importance in the interpretation of conversations. Socio-cultural knowledge helps participants to get contextualization cues and together with other signaling channels, participants will be able to perceive the context-bound information and prepare their appropriate responses. Socio-cultural knowledge is indispensable i...

Notes A recent book examining some of the social and cultural aspects of patient safety, aspects that can influence individuals and organisations. The book contains: Introduction: A Socio-cultural Perspective on Patient Safety (Emma Rowley and Justin Waring) Part 1 Patients and Publics 1 ‘All News is Bad News’: Patient Safety in the News Media (Cecily Palmer and Toby Murcott) 2 Broadening the P...

Does Buddhism really promote tolerance? Based on cross-cultural and cross-religious evidence, we hypothesized that Buddhist concepts, possibly differing from Christian concepts, activate not only prosociality but also tolerance. Subliminally priming Buddhist concepts, compared with neutral or Christian concepts, decreased explicit prejudice against ethnic, ideological, and moral outgroups among...

OBJECTIVES This work sought to understand sexual debut as a transitional process in the lives of a group of young adults and to interpret the meaning of this transition for them. METHODOLOGY This was a qualitative research with 18 life stories of students from different socio-economic backgrounds and with diverse sexual orientations. RESULTS According to the middle-range theory of transitio...

BACKGROUND Sustainable and equitable health programmes require a grounded understanding of the context in which they are being implemented. This socio-cultural understanding is pivotal for effective delivery of elimination programmes. Standardised valid methods are needed for gathering authentic socio-cultural insights. The currently recommended protocol for collecting Lymphatic Filariasis (LF)...