bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Caffeine’s Effects on Consumer Spending
Authors: Biswas Dipayan , Hartmann Patrick , Eisend Martin , Szocs Courtney , Jochims Bruna , Apaolaza Vanessa , Hermann Erik , López Cristina M. , Borges Adilson
Published: June 2022

Caffeine is the world's most popular stimulant and is consumed daily by a significant portion of the world's population through coffee, tea, soda, and energy drinks. Consumers often shop online and in physical stores immediately after or while consuming caffeine. This is further facilitated by the increasing prevalence of coffee shops and by the phenomenon of some retail stores having in-store coffee bars and offering complimentary caffeinated beverages. This research examines how caffeine consumption before shopping influences purchase behavior. The results of a series of experiments conducted in the field (at multiple retail stores across different countries) and in the lab show that consuming a caffeinated (vs. noncaffeinated) beverage before shopping enhances impulsivity in terms of more items purchased and higher spending. This effect is stronger for “high-hedonic” products and attenuated for “low-hedonic” products. These findings are important for managers to understand how a seemingly unrelated behavior (i.e., caffeine consumption) in and/or around the store affects spending. From a consumer perspective, although moderate amounts of caffeine consumption can have positive health benefits, there can be unintended negative financial consequences of caffeine intake on spending. Thus, consumers trying to control impulsive spending should avoid consuming caffeinated beverages before shopping.
Self-Perceived and Self-Tested Endurance: Associations with Objective Measures
Authors: Aandstad Anders
Published: June 2022

Use of self-report (questionnaires) is often the most realistic means of screening physical fitness in large participant samples because this method is quicker and cheaper than objective testing. Yet, previous studies have reported equivocal validity to reports of self-perceived fitness. A hybrid self-report variant is the use of self-administered/reported objective measurement. I sought to investigate the relative validity of this variant method compared to self-perception reports. In total 26,452 young Norwegian men and women participated in this study. I collected data during obligatory selection for military conscript service. Approximately half of the participants were asked to rate their endurance level on a five-point Likert scale in an online questionnaire. The other half performed a self-administered 3000 m run and reported the result online. Within 18 months, all participants completed an objective maximal treadmill test at a conscript selection center. I used Spearman correlations ( rs) and analyses of variance (ANOVAs) to investigate the relationships between these two self-report methods and the observed objective treadmill performance. Self-perceived and self-tested endurance were both identically correlated with the other-observed treadmill run for men ( r s = 0.59 ; p < .001) and for women ( rs = 0.50, p < .001); and ANOVAs revealed significant effects of self-perceived and self-tested endurance on treadmill run time, with higher self-reported endurance related to higher treadmill run time. In conclusion, self-perceived and self-tested endurance produced the same correlation coefficients with objectively measured treadmill run time. While there was a moderate relationship between self-reported and objectively measured endurance at the group level, there was substantial individual measurement error that should be considered for individual reports.
Peer Crowd Identification of Young and Early Middle Adulthood Customers at Vape Shops
Authors: Sussman Steve , Galimov Artur , Meza Leah , Huh Jimi , Baezconde-Garbanati Lourdes , Pokhrel Pallav
Published: June 2022

Vape shops specialize in the sales of e-cigarettes and other vaping products. In recent studies, young adults who use e-cigarettes have tended to identify with at-risk peer crowds. This is the first study to examine vape shop customers’ clientele. Composed primarily of young adults and persons in early middle adulthood, we speculated that a relatively high prevalence of those who appeared to bystanders as radical/extreme (at-risk) customers would be identified as such at these shops. We recruited vape shops throughout Southern California (N = 44 shops), and trained teams of data collectors visited each of the consented vape shops, making note of 451 customers’ appearance, including features such as manner of dress, presence of tattoos, and hairstyles. Customers were then coded as either belonging to a conventional, progressive, or radical/extreme crowd based on outward appearance. Of the customers observed, 223 (49%) were rated as appearing to be in the conventional crowd; 169 (38%) were rated as appearing to be in the progressive crowd, and only 59 (13%) were rated as appearing to be in the radical/extreme crowd. The conventional crowd tended to appear older. Clientele may reflect that more conventional young and early middle age adults are tempted to visit vape shops due to perceptions of greater acceptability or safety of e-cigarettes. E-cigarette mass media campaigns aimed at protecting potential vape shop customers from harm may need to depict more conservative-looking characters.
N-isFocalizers as Semi-fixed Constructions: Modeling Variation across World Englishes
Authors: Hundt Marianne
Published: June 2022

N-is constructions combine a variable article and a shell noun such as thing, fact, or problem with copula be. As discourse markers at the left periphery, they focalize information that follows. Using data from a large online newspaper corpus, this study is the first to investigate the variable syntactic integration (bare versus that-clause) of focalizers across a broad range of World Englishes. Variability in syntactic integration reflects the relative recent emergence of this discourse marker. It is also relevant for World Englishes research because it is at the level of semi-idiomatic constructions that nativization in post-colonial varieties is likely to occur. Corpus data show that syntactic integration in N-is focalizers is predicted most strongly by linguistic variables, with regional variety being a much weaker predictor. While no clear-cut regional or variety-type patterns emerge from the data, qualitative analysis reveals some low-frequency patterns as candidates for structural nativization.
A Diachronic Study of Modals and Semi-modals in Indian English Newspapers
Authors: Laliberté Catherine
Published: June 2022

Although Indian English is the best-documented South Asian English, its diachronic development has not been described to a great extent. The present study begins to address this gap by offering a real-time perspective on the evolution of modals and semi-modals in Indian English. It sketches the changes in the frequency of modals and semi-modals in three corpora of Indian newspaper texts from 1939, 1968, and the early 2000s. Changes in the frequency of eleven modals and eleven semi-modals are found to be similar to the trends previously observed for written American and British English: semi-modals, as well as the modals can, could, and would, rise greatly in frequency. An analysis of the types of modality expressed by individual modal verbs provides in-depth insights into shifts in Indian English during the period. The study’s findings raise methodological and theoretical considerations for the diachronic study of modality in corpora in English generally: the increasing amount of direct quotation in news reportage partly accounts for a rise in modal frequency in this subgenre, which constitutes a confounding aspect seldom articulated in the study of newspaper language. Individual modal verbs exhibit different directions and speeds of change that are not reflected in the trajectory of modals as a category, demonstrating that an aggregate measure is not a suitable point of comparison between varieties to determine their degree of similarity or difference in terms of modal verb usage.
Commitment issues? Analysing the effect of preference deviation and social embeddedness on member commitment to worker cooperatives in the gig economy
Authors: Bunders Damion Jonathan , Akkerman Agnes
Published: June 2022

As enterprises that are owned and governed by workers themselves for their mutual benefit, worker cooperatives are currently re-emerging as a promising antidote against precarity and economic dependence in the gig economy. Considering the social and geographic fragmentation of gig workers, it remains unclear whether cooperatives can count on the member commitment necessary to survive. This study investigates whether preference deviation and social disembeddedness stifle the commitment of gig workers to such cooperatives. A cross-sectional survey was used to gather data from members of four interconnected cooperatives in Italy that consist of gig workers in the cultural, ICT and education sectors ( n = 425). The results show that members with more deviating preferences and less social embeddedness among fellow members have a lower commitment towards their cooperative. These findings demonstrate the conditions for gig workers’ commitment to cooperatives, being a key factor in cooperative longevity.
How we repair acute type A dissection in Gangnam severance hospital
Authors: Kim Chong Hoon , Song Suk-Won
Published: June 2022

Total arch replacement for aortic dissection is traditionally associated with high mortality and morbidity rates. Here, we share our strategies for improving surgical outcomes such as Y incision, unilateral antegrade cerebral perfusion, Teflon felt neo-media formation, and reinforcement of the anastomosis site.
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase rearrangements in patients with non-small cell lung cancer in Jordan
Authors: Maraqa Bayan , Al-Ashhab Maxim , Sughayer Maher A.
Published: June 2022

Objective

Anaplastic lymphoma kinase ( ALK) rearrangement is an important oncogenic driver in some non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC). Treatment with ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitors improves survival. The availability of diagnostic immunohistochemistry (IHC) has led to a paradigm shift in ALK testing. This study examined the prevalence of ALK rearrangement in Jordanian patients with NSCLC and compared the results of IHC and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for detecting ALK rearrangement.

Methods

This retrospective study on 449 patients with NSCLC treated at the King Hussein Cancer Center in Jordan tested biopsy samples for ALK rearrangement using FISH and/or IHC (D5F3) between 2018 and 2020.

Results

Eighteen patients (4%) had ALK-positive NSCLC. The calculated sensitivity and specificity of ALK immunostaining compared with FISH were 87.5% and 96%, respectively. ALK-positive patients were significantly younger than their ALK-negative counterparts, and women were three times more likely to carry ALK rearrangement than men. ALK rearrangement was significantly associated with smoking history, with most ALK-positive patients being non-smokers, former smokers, or light smokers.

Conclusions

IHC is a reasonable alternative to FISH for ALK testing with advantages in terms of robustness, turnaround times, and cost-effectiveness.
The effect of action observation training on gait and balance of patients with neurological and musculoskeletal disorders: A systematic review
Authors: Shamsi Fatemeh , Nami Mohammad , Aligholi Hadi , Borhani-Haghighi Afshin , Kavyani Mahsa , Karimi Mohammad T
Published: June 2022

Background

Various treatment approaches are being applied for recovery of gait after different medical conditions. Action observation is a new motor learning approach, which is considered as a complementary training to the conventional rehabilitation programs such as occupational therapy for this purpose.

Objective

To find out which patients benefit more from action observation training.

Methods

Electronic databases, including Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, Science Direct, and PEDro were searched. Prospective studies published in peer-reviewed journals with full text available in English, which investigated the effect of action observation on gait and balance of patients with neurologic or musculoskeletal disorders, were included. The methodological quality of the studies was assessed by the Downs and Black checklist, and the information was presented based on the PICO style.

Results

Nineteen studies recruiting post-orthopedic patients (4 studies), patients with stroke (11 studies), and Parkinson’s disease (4 studies) fulfilled the eligibility criteria. Quality scores ranged from 51.85% to 81.48%. Balance and walking ability were the most reported primary outcomes.

Conclusion

Patients in the chronic phase of stroke might benefit more from action observation training plus occupational therapy in different aspects of gait than orthopedic patients and those with Parkinson’s disease.
Visual Map-Based Localization for Intelligent Vehicles Using Around View Monitoring in Underground Parking Lots
Authors: Zhou Zhe , Hu Zhaozheng , Xiao Hanbiao , Tao Qianwen
Published: June 2022

Accurate and robust self-localization is a crucial task for intelligent vehicles. Because of limited access to GPS signals, localization in underground parking lots remains a problem. In this paper, fusion localization for intelligent vehicles using the widely available around view monitoring (AVM) is conducted by Kalman filter based on second-order Markov motion model (KF-MM2). The proposed method consists of two steps, one for visual map construction from AVM images and the other for map-based multi-scale localization. The proposed visual map consists of a series of nodes. Each node encodes both holistic and local visual features computed from AVM images, three-dimensional structure, and vehicle pose. In the localization step, the process of image-level localization is modeled as a Hidden Markov Model (HMM), in which the map nodes are hidden states. The result of image-level localization is calculated using forward algorithm by the given AVM image sequence. Then the metric localization is computed from local features matching. Finally, the metric localization is fused with the prediction by KF-MM2. The proposed method has been verified in two typical underground parking lots. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method can achieve an average error of 0.39 m in underground parking lots.
How (non)discriminatory are the Institute of Group Analysis and group analysis? An institutional ethnography study
Authors: Vosmer Susanne
Published: June 2022

The current political, social and economic landscape in psychotherapy is permeated by neoliberalism and requirements for diversity and equality. Nevertheless, racism occurred in the Institute of Group Analysis (IGA). Using Institutional Ethnography, this study examined whether non-discrimination of clients, students and group analysts is nowadays a lived actuality. Unfortunately, a disjuncture between claims of non-discrimination and lived experiences was identified. Unconscious prejudices, hidden discrimination and neoliberalist affiliations perpetuate white discriminatory practices. Marginalized clients, students and group analysts remain outsiders, even though the PPP Working Group has made some positive changes. I suggested that documents should be revised, contemporary theory be included in diversity seminars and diversity frameworks be researched.
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Homework Time among U.S. Teens
Authors: Dunatchik Allison , Park Hyunjoon
Published: June 2022

Along with intensified competition for college admissions, U.S. teens increasingly spend more time on educational activities. Homework can be a particularly important component of educational time for economically disadvantaged and racial/ethnic minority students who have limited access to private sources of learning beyond the classroom. This study uses data from the American Time Use Survey and the Programme for International Student Assessment to compare homework time by race/ethnicity and examine the factors that explain these differences. We extend existing literature to consider explanations beyond demographic and family background. Our ordinary least squares (OLS) results show that family background accounts for the difference in homework time between Hispanic and White students and partially explains the difference between Black and White students, with students’ academic characteristics or school fixed effects explaining the remaining gap. While these factors partially account for Asian students’ greater time spent on homework than their White peers, a substantial gap remains.
Explaining Performance in Word Reading and Comprehension Across Ages: An Analysis of Multiple Hypotheses with the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, Fourth Edition
Authors: Parkin Jason R. , Robins Deville Lily
Published: June 2022

Like all psychoeducational batteries, the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, fourth Edition (WIAT-4) requires independent investigation and analysis. The publisher provides multiple theories to support interpretation of its reading measures. At the word reading level, the battery includes a new Phonemic Proficiency subtest that the publisher reported correlated relatively higher with word reading skills than more basic phonological measures. However, its explanation of word reading skills in the context of other important predictors, like vocabulary, has not been investigated. At the comprehension level, the publisher endorsed an expanded simple view of reading, where oral reading fluency skills mediate the effects of word reading and oral language skills on comprehension. Using structural equation modeling with correlations provided in the technical manual, these analyses investigated multiple hypotheses stemming from publisher-endorsed theories. Results conformed to much of the publisher’s word level theories, but they were more equivocal at the comprehension level. Implications for WIAT-4 interpretation are discussed.
Data silos undermine efforts to characterize, predict, and mitigate dementia-related missing person incidents
Authors: Miguel Cruz Antonio , Marshall Samantha , Daum Christine , Perez Hector , Hirdes John , Liu Lili
Published: June 2022

It is estimated that up to 60% of people living with dementia go missing at least once during the course of their disease. Databases on missing incidents involving people living with dementia are managed in silos with minimal or incomplete data. A national strategy for the collection of data on missing incidents of people living with dementia would optimize time and resources spent on police and search and rescue and enhance chances of saving lives of those who go missing. Such a strategy would be a first step toward developing strategies to prevent future missing person incidents among this population. The objectives of this manuscript are to: (1) describe the issues and challenges related to the lack of integrated data on people living with dementia at risk of going missing, and (2) propose directions to create a national database.
Artificially Elevated Tacrolimus Concentrations Obtained From a Venous Catheter Previously Used for Tacrolimus Administration in a Pediatric Patient
Authors: Marschner Magda N. , Chandran Mary M. , Colyer Lindsay G.
Published: June 2022

Intravenous (IV) administration of calcineurin inhibitors, cyclosporine (CsA) and tacrolimus (TAC), has been associated with spuriously high serum concentrations collected from central venous catheters (CVCs) used for medication administration, secondary to reversible adsorption of medication to the catheter. Thus, therapeutic drug monitoring of IV CsA and TAC via CVCs previously exposed to these agents should be interpreted cautiously and ideally avoided. The duration of this effect is poorly characterized and the risk for extension of this effect to unexposed lumens of the same central catheter remains uncertain. We describe a case of a pediatric patient with artificially elevated serum TAC concentrations obtained from previously exposed and unexposed lumens of a central catheter, 27 days after last IV TAC administration.
Do Volunteers Intend to Become Social Entrepreneurs? The Influence of Pro-Social Behavior on Social Entrepreneurial Intentions
Authors: Trajano Samara da Silva , Sousa-Filho José Milton de , Matos Stelvia , Lessa Bruno de Souza
Published: June 2022

This article examines the influence of pro-social behavior on social entrepreneurial intentions (SEI). Drawing on theory of planned behavior, entrepreneurship, and behavioral psychology literatures, we examine the influence of volunteers’ traits and behavior on SEI. Our research adds two unexplored antecedents to previous studies, volunteers’ altruism, and religion. From a sample of 423 volunteers, our model shows that self-efficacy, perceived social support, opportunity recognition, and altruism, influence volunteers’ SEI, while moral obligation, religion, and empathy were not significant. Thus, without entrepreneurial characteristics such as self-efficacy and opportunity recognition, volunteers are unlikely to engage in social entrepreneurship. Given that altruism can be triggered by contrasting drivers (e.g., self-interest or selflessness), these differences open up a new venue for further studies on volunteers’ traits and SEI. We also suggest that it will be critical to further address the effect of contextual factors on the role of empathy and moral obligation.
Data-driven control of automotive diesel engines and after-treatment systems: State of the art and future challenges
Authors: Jiang Kai , Yan Fengjun , Zhang Hui
Published: June 2022

Model-based approaches have played a significant role in automotive electronics for diesel engines and aftertreatment systems, while they also have some drawbacks that cannot be neglected, such as difficult model construction and time-consuming model calibration. To this end, data-driven techniques have been put forward and become a topical issue in diesel engines and aftertreatment systems. This article provides an overview of the recent progress of the last decade in data-driven techniques and relevant applications for diesel engines and aftertreatment systems. Moreover, brief future trends, challenges, and opportunities of data-driven strategies and potential applications in this field are further discussed.
Feature extraction of rotor-stator rubbing faults based on harmonic fusion vector bispectrum, ITD and Hjorth parameters
Authors: Yu Mingyue , Cong Haonan , Chen Wangying , Fang Minghe
Published: June 2022

To solve the difficulty in extracting the characteristics of rotor–stator rubbing faults, the paper has proposed the combined method of Complexity parameter, the harmonic fusion vector bispectrum (HFVB), and intrinsic time-scale decomposition (ITD). First, to fully embody the characteristic information of fault, the HFVB is used to blend the information of signals collected from sensors installed in different positions. Second, taking in mind that the ITD algorithm can embody the effective separation of nonstationary and nonlinear signals, the ITD algorithm makes the separation of blended signals. Third, regarding the important influence of signal complexity on fault characteristic extraction, the complexity parameter of Hjorth parameters can provide very great embodiment of signal complexity. Complexity parameter of Hjorth parameters is introduced as a characteristic parameter index to make a option of proper rotation component (PRC) which can show the characteristics of rubbing fault better. Fourth, signals are reconstructed based on chosen signal components. Meanwhile, to reduce the influence of noise, reconstructed signals are denoised accordingly. Finally, implement the characteristic extraction and fault identification of rubbing faults according to the square demodulation spectrum (SDF) of denoised signals. The result indicates that the harmonic fusion vector bispectrum method can embody the effective blending of fault information; the complexity parameter in Hjorth parameter can serve as the index parameter for option of sensitive characteristic components of rubbing faults. Based on the proposed method, in the square demodulation spectrum of reconstructed signals, it can effectively and precisely provide the characteristics of rotor–stator rubbing fault and successfully identify a fault type.8714542030
Living in the wrong time zone: Elevated risk of traffic fatalities in eccentric time localities
Authors: Gentry Jeffery , Evaniuck Jayson , Suriyamongkol Thanchira , Mali Ivana
Published: June 2022

Chronobiology research has uncovered a host of maladies linked to social jetlag (SJL), the sleep-disrupting disconnect between solar time and social time. This interdisciplinary study applies chronobiology theory to the potential effect of misaligned time zones on motor-vehicle deaths. In the U.S. 53 million residents live in counties located outside their official time zones’ standard 15° span of longitude, based on degrees west of the prime meridian. We refer to these counties as eccentric time localities (ETLs), all of which lie west of their time zones’ standard western border in the U.S. In contrast, counties within 7.5° of their time zone’s standard geographic center are what we call solar zones. Solar zones do not vary more than 30 minutes from true solar time. ETL residents are forced to rise before dawn, possibly restricting their sleep-time and suppressing both morning and evening zeitgebers that would support their circadian entrainment. Hypothesizing that living in ETLs amplifies social jetlag, data on 417,399 traffic fatalities in the U.S. between 2006 and 2017 from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) census were analyzed via GIS mapping and population-data statistics. Road fatalities among residents of solar zones were compared to those living in ETLs within the same official time zone. ETL residents across the U.S. indicated 21.8% higher fatality-rates than solar residents, with a mean of 1286 additional (i.e., unexpected) deaths-per-year. Results support circadian entrainment theory and are consistent with the SJL construct. The socio-political ramifications of these findings are discussed, as well as the subject of best practices when analyzing whole-population data. The authors conclude that the unquestioned rhetoric of time-zone boundaries should be reconsidered in social policy.
Book review: Bhaswati Mukherjee, Bengal and Its Partition. An Untold Story
Authors: Sen Amiya P.
Published: June 2022

Bhaswati Mukherjee, Bengal and Its Partition. An Untold Story (Rupa, 2021). Pp. 200 + Bibliography + Acknowledgement + Index, ₹575. ISBN: 978-93-5333-958-6.
Labour market flexibilisation in Lithuania: Outcomes and impacts on gender differences in work arrangements
Authors: Juska Arunas , Navicke Jekaterina
Published: June 2022

This paper evaluates the impacts of 2017’s labour law liberalisation on labour market flexibility in Lithuania. While employment did grow rapidly in 2017–2019, there was little change in labour market flexibility. Against expectations, part-time employment declined as labour relations continued to be administered under path-dependent institutional inertia inherited from previous decades. The prevalence of full-time, dual-earner employment was shaped by the country’s socialist legacy and was reflected in high employment rates and permanent open-ended contracts for both men and women. Analysis also showed that the revised labour law lowered the probability for women with family care responsibilities to be hired. Once hired, they were offered permanent employment albeit with the reduced protections that such contracts now provide. Impacts of the new labour law on shaping what is considered to be ‘men’s work’ and ‘women’s work’ in Lithuania are discussed.
Animals in Sociomaterial Processes: An Alternative to Inferential Processes in Animals’ Heads
Authors: van Woerkum Bas
Published: June 2022

Mindreading and behaviour-reading depict social cognition as an inferential process, taking place inside the individual. This process consists either of mental state ascription (mindreading) or application of general rules (behaviour-reading). In this paper, I develop an alternative to both views, which focuses not on the processes in the animal’s head, but on the sociomaterial processes that animals are in and that organize their ongoing activities. Instead of an individual trying to predict the behaviour of another individual based on inferential abilities, the animal is responsive to affordances and how they are nested within the sociomaterial processes that make up the environment. I argue that this depiction of animal social cognition is preferable, because it is allows us to understand the social abilities of nonhuman animals free from our current understanding of human social cognition.
Mobile-CEA – A Novel Surveillance Method for Patients with Colorectal Cancer
Authors: Pakarinen Sakari , Varpe Pirita , Carpelan Anu , Koivisto Mari , Huhtinen Heikki
Published: June 2022

Objective

The follow-up of the increasing number of cancer survivors threatens to overload the health care system. While short message system (SMS)–based communication is widely used in other areas of the health care system, there are no studies of its appliance in cancer surveillance. The aim of the current study was to analyze the acceptability, convenience and impact of a novel mobile phone messaging -based system (Mobile-CEA) on health personnel contacts in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) during 2 years of follow-up.

Methods

The follow-up data of 52 curatively treated patients with CRC (22 Mobile-CEA-, 30 standard surveillance) was collected retrospectively from the electronic archives. Mobile-CEA patient satisfaction was measured by a tailored non-validated questionnaire. Health personnel satisfaction was assessed by personal interviews.

Results

Mobile-CEA surveillance group had less health personnel contacts than the standard surveillance group: median 3 (min 0–max 7) vs 5 (min 4–max 7) and 77.2% of the Mobile-CEA group had less than 4 contacts (minimum with the standard surveillance) to health personnel. There were no recurrences in either group. Mobile-CEA patients were satisfied with this novel follow-up method. Health personnel considered it as a practical and safe tool in CRC surveillance.

Conclusion

Mobile-CEA surveillance seems to be a promising and effective follow-up method for curatively treated patients with CRC. Further studies and experiences are needed.
Don’t Throw the Frame Out With the Bathwater: How Episodic News Frames Can Prevent Identity-Motivated Reasoning
Authors: Boyer Ming M. , Lecheler Sophie , Aaldering Loes
Published: June 2022

Framing research has predominantly revealed detrimental effects of episodic news frames, including individualist blame attributions and political cynicism. However, such frames may also discourage group biases and impede motivated reasoning regarding identity politics. In two experiments ( N = 815; N = 1,019), we test the effect of episodic frames on group-consonant attitudes through identity-motivated reasoning. The two studies produce mixed results. Episodic frames might decrease gender-motivated reasoning for women with weaker gender identities when news threatens their identity, but not for men or for women with stronger gender identities. The implications for journalism and democracy are discussed.
Utilization of Personal Protective Equipment and Its Associated Factors Among Large Scale Factory Workers in Debre Berhan Town, Ethiopia
Authors: Baye Birara Fekadie , Baye Minale Fekadie , Teym Abraham , Derseh Behailu Tariku
Published: June 2022

Background:

Personal protective equipment (PPE) is one of the safeguards to protect workers from occupational risks. The aim of this study was to assess the utilization of PPE and associated factors among large-scale factory workers in Debre Berhan city administration, Ethiopia.

Methods:

An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted using stratified sampling among large-scale factory workers in the Debre Berhan city administration. Four hundred thirty-two employees were interviewed using a stratified sampling technique from 7 large-scale factories. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify factors affecting the utilization of PPE. The strength of association between variables was measured using the odds ratio with 95% confidence intervals at a P-value of .05.

Results:

A total of 413 respondents were included in the study, with a response rate of 95.6%. Two hundred and eighty-two (68.3%) of the participants were males. The mean age of the respondents was 28.37 ± 7.33 years. The PPE utilization was 35.43% (95% CI: 0.31, 0.40). Accordingly on job training (AOR = 8.85; 95% CI: 5.52, 14.28), previous history of injury (AOR = 0.23; 95% CI: 0.14, 0.36), workplace supervision (AOR = 14.08; 95% CI: 7.87, 25.0), and availability of guideline (AOR = 4.62; 95% CI: 2.51, 8.49) were statistically significant with utilization of PPE among large scale factory workers at a P-value <.05.

Conclusion:

Utilization of PPE is low. Previous history of injuries, on-the-job training, supervision, and the availability of guidelines were all independent predictors of PPE utilization. As a result, job training, workplace supervision, root-cause learning, and the availability of guidelines should all be considered.
From karaoke to lip-syncing: performance communities and TikTok use in Japan
Authors: Petrovic Sonja
Published: June 2022

This paper discusses the versatile use of TikTok among Japanese media users in the context of the platform's increased appeal during the COVID-19 pandemic. Japanese users have adopted global trends of sharing creative content under prominent hashtags to spread a sense of togetherness in a time of social isolation. As social forms of entertainment are disrupted and paused, the practice of singing and dancing on TikTok is substituted for the joy of singing in a karaoke bar. This study adopts a walkthrough method to provide an analysis of TikTok's sociotechnical affordances and employs a content analysis for close reading of users’ videos and their accompanying captions and hashtags. The study reveals that the socialities previously afforded by karaoke cultures linger in TikTok song and idol dance challenges and duets, hashtag initiatives mimicking karaoke practices, and users’ endeavours to become ‘TikTok famous’.
Intertwined fates? Members switching between niche and mainstream parties
Authors: Collignon Sofía , Rüdig Wolfgang , Lamprinakou Chrysa , Makropoulos Iakovos , Sajuria Javier
Published: June 2022

Little attention has been paid to the process of members leaving parties in order to support other parties. Party developments in the UK in the 2010s provide an opportunity to analyse the determinants of members giving up their current party and joining a rival. We examine this issue using an original panel survey of 2,679 members of the Green Party of England and Wales. Our results show that members who joined the Greens motivated by concern about social justice are more likely to leave and support Labour after Jeremy Corbyn’s election as party leader. Members who joined to protect the environment are less likely to leave. Niche parties can attract members predominantly motivated by issues traditionally represented by a mainstream party but these members are more likely to leave the party again following a position change by the mainstream party.
Experimental and Finite Element Method study on dynamic characteristics of beam-column glulam frame structure
Authors: He Yuhang , Ding Yewei , Mohrmann Sarah , Wang Zheng
Published: June 2022

In order to strengthen the seismic design and diagnosis of glulam building structures, and improve the accuracy and reliability of building modal analysis, this paper uses the designed glulam frame structure as a research object to conduct experimental investigation on its dynamic properties. On the one hand, a computational modal analysis is carried out using ANSYS to determine the modal shapes and modal parameters of the glulam frame structure. On the other hand, transient excitation, steady-state contact excitation and steady-state non-contact excitation methods are used to test and analyze the experimental modalities of the field-built larch glulam frame structure. The research results show that the three experimental modal methods can all measure the biaxial(xy-) first-order bending, first-order torsion, and second-order bending modes of the glulam frame structure. The vibration shapes and modal frequencies are all consistent. The results of computational modal analysis and experimental modal analysis are combined in this article. Since the elastic constant input of components is measured by grading, the frequency values of the computational mode are larger. The error of the two analyses is about 15%. In the first-order bending mode in the x- and y-directions, both the computational and experimental modes show the characteristics of greater local stiffness in the gusset. In the uniaxial (x- or y-) torsional mode, the computational mode not only reflects the torsional characteristics of the upper beam region, but also shows first-order bending mode of the column, which is also consistent with the experimental mode.
Hashtag activism in a politicized pandemic: Framing the campaign to include Taiwan in the World Health Organization’s efforts to combat COVID-19
Authors: Liu Anita KC , Ophir Yotam , Tsai Shu-An , Walter Dror , Himelboim Itai
Published: June 2022

We examined hashtag activism promoting Taiwan’s participation in the global efforts to combat COVID-19. We employed the computational Analysis of Topic Model Networks (ANTMN) to examine the discourse around the #TaiwanCanHelp/#TWforWHO campaign in 2020 ( N = 163,876) on Twitter. Our model identified 35 topics clustered within three frames. The containment frame emphasized strategies used to stop COVID-19’s spread in Taiwan. The geopolitics frame described China’s use of its international power to exclude Taiwan from the World Health Organization. The international cooperation frame emphasized Taiwan’s ability and efficacy to contribute to the global efforts to slow down COVID-19. These results extend our understanding of hashtag activism by examining the intersection of geopolitics and global health crises. We introduce the theoretical concept of a mutually beneficial coalition, one that points to detrimental impacts of oppression on both the oppressed and the allies who are asked to help.
The experience of being a spouse of a person with dementia in respect to their marital relationship in Japan
Authors: Musgrave-Takeda Mika , Ishibashi Miyuki , Masaki Harue
Published: June 2022

Background and Purpose

While the marital relationship with partners with dementia has an impact on spousal carers’ well-being, the spousal understandings or expectations of their marital relationship have not been fully identified. As the marital relationship is formed by individual backgrounds including society, culture and psychological status, the aim of this study was to identify the experience of being the spouse of a person with dementia in the context of their marital relationship. The study was conducted in Japan.

Research Design

To identify spousal experience of being, Heideggerian perspectives of interpretive phenomenology were applied.

Study Sample

Seven couples aged over 65 years, each comprising one partner with dementia who received home nursing, and their spouse participated in this study.

Data Collection

The couples were observed, and semi-structured interviews were conducted.

Data Analysis

Interpretive data analysis based on the Hermeneutic circle of Heideggerian perspectives was applied.

Results

In the findings, the experience of being a spouse, contextualised by spousal understandings of marital relationship, was formed through seven themes. The main context for spousal understanding of their marital relationship was helping each other as husband and wife, and this relationship was seen as natural and unchanging. It reflected on spousal potentiality of being, that is, living together indefinitely as before. Spouses tried to provide suitable care for their partners using memories while preserving a sense of identity, maintaining external relationships and accepting unanticipated internal responsibility.

Conclusions

In conclusion, fulfilling unmet needs could help spouses to ease intense care load, which re-acknowledges their own and their partner’s identity, and their relationship by reminiscing their past.
Reducing Youth Vaping: A Pilot Test of the Peer-Led “Youth Engaged Strategies for Changing Adolescent Norms!” (YES-CAN!) Program
Authors: Asdigian Nancy L. , Riggs Nathanial R. , Valverde Patricia A. , Crane Lori A.
Published: June 2022

Effective prevention interventions are needed to stem the rising tide of nicotine vaping among adolescents. We conducted a quasi-experimental, non-equivalent comparison group pilot study of the effectiveness of the “Youth Engaged Strategies for Changing Adolescent Norms” (YES-CAN!) program for reducing risks for youth nicotine vaping. YES-CAN! is an innovative peer-led program that supports older adolescents in developing and delivering short narrative prevention videos and related prevention education to younger adolescents. High-school and middle-school program participants and non-program comparison group students completed pre and post surveys assessing vaping susceptibility, behavioral intentions, resistance, knowledge, attitudes, perceived harm, and normative beliefs. Vaping knowledge and the perceived number of friends and classmates who vape showed significantly greater pre- to post-program increases among high-school participants compared to non-participants, and positive vaping attitudes demonstrated significantly greater decreases. Among middle-school students, vaping knowledge increased significantly more among program participants compared to non-participants. The findings from this study indicate that the YES-CAN! program holds promise for reducing risks of nicotine vaping among adolescents. This contributes to a growing body of evidence regarding the utility of peer-led approaches to adolescent health promotion. Further evaluation of the YES-CAN! program in a large-scale randomized control trial is warranted to determine its effectiveness in curbing the escalation of youth nicotine vaping that has characterized the past decade. Future studies should monitor program effect on perceptions of vaping prevalence to ensure participation and/or exposure does not inadvertently promote vaping by increasing perceptions that others vape.
Comparison of the Clinical Outcome of Carotid Artery Stenting Between Institutions With a Treatment Strategy Based on Risk Factors and Those With First-Line Treatment
Authors: Ito Yoshiro , Ishikawa Eiichi , Sato Masayuki , Marushima Aiki , Hayakawa Mikito , Maruo Kazushi , Takigawa Tomoji , Kato Noriyuki , Tsuruta Wataro , Uemura Kazuya , Matsumaru Yuji
Published: June 2022

Purpose:

Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and carotid artery stenting (CAS) are recommended based on certain risk factors. The volume of an institution’s treatment experience may be associated with good clinical outcomes. There is a dilemma between the treatment strategy based on risk factors and the experience volume. Therefore, we investigated the clinical outcomes of CAS performed at institutions that selected the treatment strategy based on risk factors and those that performed CAS at the first-line treatment.

Materials and Methods:

Patients who underwent CAS at 5 institutions were included in this retrospective case-control study. We defined CEA/CAS institutions as those that selected the treatment option based on risk factors, and CAS-first institutions as those that performed CAS as the first-line treatment. We investigated cases of ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, myocardial infarction, and deaths within 30 days of the intervention between the CEA/CAS- and CAS-first institution groups. One-to-one propensity score matching was performed to compare rates of ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes within 30 days of the intervention.

Results:

A total of 239 and 302 patients underwent CAS at the CEA/CAS institutions and CAS-first institutions, respectively; ischemic stroke occurred in 12 (5.0%) and 7 patients (2.3%), respectively (p=0.09). No differences in major ischemic strokes (0.8% vs 1.3%; p=0.59), hemorrhagic strokes (0.4% vs 0.3%; p=0.87), or deaths (0.0% vs 0.7%; p=0.21) were observed. Myocardial infarction did not occur in either group. Propensity score analysis showed that ischemic stroke (odds ratio: 1.845, 95% confidence interval: 0.601–5.668, p=0.28) and hemorrhagic stroke (odds ratio: 1.000, 95% confidence interval: 0.0061–16.418, p=1.00) were not significantly associated with either institution group.

Conclusions:

The CAS-specific treatment strategies for CAS can achieve the same level of outcomes as the treatment strategy based on risk factors. The CAS performed based on risk factors in CEA/CAS institutions and the treatment of more than 30 patients/year/institution in CAS-first institutions were associated with good clinical outcomes.
Lessons to Build an Educational Model for Higher Education Institutions Defined as Anchor Institutions to Tackle Public Health Crises: A Pilot Study on COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Faculty and Students in Hebert L. College in the Bronx, NY
Authors: Roldós Maria Isabel , Burt Kate G. , Eubank Jake
Published: June 2022

Coronavirus disease 2019 exacerbated health inequities in Bronx Communities. This study explored vaccine hesitancy among a random sample of faculty and students from Hebert Lehman College. Findings suggest faculty are largely vaccinated (87%), while 59% of students are unvaccinated. Significant gaps in information were found related to safety and complications. This suggests universities need to adopt an educational model with a multipronged social support strategy to gain students’ trust and a greater sense of belonging.
Joint Displays of Integrated Data Collection in Mixed Methods Research
Authors: Fetters Michael D. , Tajima Chihiro
Published: June 2022

Mixed methods researchers need tools for planning and demonstrating integration. Mixed methods joint displays have a growing presence in the literature for representing mixed methods findings, and for use as an analytic tool as in the case of joint display analysis. However, the joint display of integrated data collection represents a lesser-known application for use by mixed methods researchers. A joint display for integrated data collection links the qualitative and the quantitative data collection questions, scales, and/or items. Here we demonstrate how joint displays of integrated data collection can be used as a planning, implementation, and presentation tool to illustrate integration of the data collection process. We examine variations in joint displays of integrated data collection based on three core mixed methods designs, a convergent design, and two sequential mixed methods designs, and provide examples of each from the literature. We recommend the joint display of integrated mixed data collection as a highly effective tool for mixed methods researchers to use for planning, implementing, and representing integrated data collection in their mixed methods projects.
No ordinary adult life: Living conditions from the perspective of adults with intellectual disabilities
Authors: Carlsson Õie Umb , Adolfsson Päivi
Published: June 2022

This study focuses on the subjective experience of the living conditions of adults with intellectual disabilities as related to the Uppsala Quality of Life model (UQoL2). Eleven semi-structured interviews were conducted to study issues raised by people with intellectual disabilities. Study participants had their own home, either in an ordinary dwelling or group home. The findings show that the dependence on support in daily life infringes on the sense of adult social status and control of life. Staff and family had a mandate to define Quality of Life, which countered the possibilities of a life based on the preferences of those with intellectual disabilities. Knowledge about factors that affect living conditions, one of the social determinants of health, has implications for public health in general and the development of society’s efforts for people who are in lifelong dependence on support and service from others.