bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Long Shadow of Intimate Partner Violence: Associations of Mental and Physical Health With Employment, Housing, and Demographic Factors
Authors: Cordier Reinie , Chen Yu-Wei , Chung Donna , Mahoney Natasha , Martin Robyn , Dorozenko Kate , Franzway Suzanne , Moulding Nicole , Wendt Sarah , Zufferey Carole
Published: June 2023

Ongoing health issues influence the postseparation lives of survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). This study identified associations between health following IPV and demographic, housing, employment, and social participation factors. Survivors of IPV in Australia were surveyed. Logistic regression assessed factors of interest with physical and mental health conditions. Six hundred and fifty-eight women participated. Physical health issues were associated with reduced skills and confidence in employment. A mental health diagnosis was associated with women not working as desired and lower incomes. Screening for health impacts and longer-term responses to women could reduce the long shadow of IPV impacts.
Empowerment at Work?: Examining Employment-Based Economic Empowerment Initiatives for Survivors of Commercial Sexual Exploitation
Authors: Corple Danielle J.
Published: June 2023

Many organizations serving survivors of commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) have begun economic empowerment programs, providing financial literacy education, vocational training, and/or employment opportunities for survivors. Yet, very little research has examined these programs, especially those that employ survivors. This project draws on a qualitative, multi-method study of 15 organizations that serve and employ CSE survivors to examine how economic empowerment is constructed through organizational discourse and practices, what tensions emerge in these processes, and how organizational actors frame and respond to them. The findings outline the components of “economic empowerment” and explicate the key tensions of authority-autonomy and compassion-accountability.
Do Land Banks Mean Progress Toward Socially Equitable Urban Development? Observations from New York State
Authors: Small Zachary , Minner Jennifer S.
Published: June 2023

Local governments view land banks as an improvement to the municipal management of foreclosed property. Critics contend that land banks wield too much power, concentrate demolitions in poor and majority neighborhoods of color, and have unfortunate parallels to the flawed, top-down policies of mid-twentieth century urban renewal. Examining land banks through a lens of social equity and reparative planning, this research asks “To what extent do land banks in New York state work toward equitable urban development?” Interviews with land-bank leaders, property acquisition and disposition data, and spatial analysis of neighborhood dynamics were triangulated in a comparative case study of three land banks in New York state communities. Although land-bank leaders show an awareness and desire to address issues of equity, the authors observed that more community engagement, expanding partnerships with nonprofits, and shifts in approaches to demolition could provide more equitable outcomes in disinvested communities. Some land banks had clearly adopted policies aimed to acknowledge and address the role land banks can and should play in addressing historical inequities. Whether that commitment to equity will remain strong into the future remains an open question. In a COVID-19 context, land banks were operating with significantly reduced inventories and resources. More resources could be provided to land banks from Federal and State sources to support equity initiatives. But those resources should be provided under the condition that land banks become vehicles for repairing past White supremacist and structurally racist policies that created the uneven landscapes that land banks were created to address.
Mode-III fracture toughness measurements of foam-cored sandwich composites using a constrained Shear-Torsion-Bending specimen
Authors: Lin Lujin , Berggreen Christian , Legarth Brian Nyvang
Published: June 2023

This work presents a constrained version of the Shear-Torsion-Bending (STB) test fixture, specially developed for testing of the mode-III face/core fracture toughness of sandwich specimens. Compared to the traditional STB test fixture, the free end of the specimen is now constrained between two support rollers, restraining the twisting deformation of the specimen resulting from the mode-III shear forces. The constrained STB test fixture was applied for mode-III fracture characterization of sandwich specimens with longitudinal slits and consisting of E-glass/epoxy face sheets and Divinycell PVC foam cores. Three density classes of the foam material were considered and tested, that is, H45, H100, and H160. Furthermore, two core thicknesses were tested for the H160 cored specimens. The experimental results from the constrained STB test method show that stable crack growth is obtained without kinking into the core. However, post-mortem investigations showed that longitudinal 45° tension cracks in the core just below the face/core interface occurred, before interface crack opening. Consequently, an apparent mode-III fracture toughness was computed using a three-dimensional Finite Element (FE) model in conjunction with the Crack Surface Displacement Extrapolation (CSDE) mode-mixity method and an optical Digital Image Correlation (DIC) based crack propagation method. Finally, based on the experimental observations presented in this paper, a general discussion of the existence of pure mode-III face/core interface propagation in foam-cored sandwich composites in relation to core and face/core bond strength is included.
Impact of COVID-19 vaccination or infection on disease activity in a radiologically isolated syndrome cohort: The VaxiRIS study
Authors: Cohen Mikael , Thomel-Rocchi Océane , Siva Aksel , Okuda Darin T , Karabudak Rana , Efendi Hüsnü , Terzi Murat , Carra-Dalliere Clarisse , Durand-Dubief Francoise , Thouvenot Eric , Ciron Jonathan , Zephir Helene , Bourre Bertrand , Casez Olivier , De Seze Jérôme , Moreau Thibault , Neau Jean-Philippe , Pelletier Daniel , Kantarci Orhun , Tutuncu Melih , Derache Nathalie , Bensa Caroline , Louapre Celine , Benoit Jeanne , Landes-Chateau Cassandre , Lebrun-Frenay Christine
Published: June 2023

Background:

Vaccination in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) treated with immunosuppressive drugs is highly recommended. Regarding COVID-19 vaccination, no specific concern has been raised.

Objectives:

We aimed to evaluate if COVID-19 vaccination or infection increased the risk of disease activity, either radiological or clinical, with conversion to MS in a cohort of people with a radiologically isolated syndrome (RIS).

Methods:

This multicentric observational study analyzed patients in the RIS Consortium cohort during the pandemic between January 2020 and December 2022. We compared the occurrence of disease activity in patients according to their vaccination status. The same analysis was conducted by comparing patients’ history of COVID-19 infection.

Results:

No difference was found concerning clinical conversion to MS in the vaccinated versus unvaccinated group (6.7% vs 8.5%, p > 0.9). The rate of disease activity was not statistically different (13.6% and 7.4%, respectively, p = 0.54). The clinical conversion rate to MS was not significantly different in patients with a documented COVID-19 infection versus non-infected patients.

Conclusion:

Our study suggests that COVID-19 infection or immunization in RIS individuals does not increase the risk of disease activity. Our results support that COVID-19 vaccination can be safely proposed and repeated for these subjects.
Do the 4Ps of marketing mix strategy assuage fears of travelling?
Authors: Tay Kai Xin , Chan Jennifer Kim Lian , Mohamad Diana
Published: June 2023

This study examines the marketing mix that is required to decrease travel fears (TF) and increase travel intentions (TI) after the lifting of COVID-19 travel restrictions. It also investigates the mediating effect of TF on the marketing mix strategy to increase TI as well as the moderating effect of gender and employment status on the correlations of the developed model. Structural equation modelling was used to analyse 1830 survey responses. The findings indicate that there are only product-based marketing mix strategies decrease TF and increase TI while promotion-based strategies have the opposite effect. TF were found to mediate the effect of product- and promotion-based strategies on TI while gender and employment status had little effect on the direct correlations and mediating effects of the developed model. The conventional marketing mix strategy; specifically, price- and place-based strategies; are no longer relevant in the current context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Exploring English language teachers’ beliefs about future readiness: Developing pedagogical practices for the 21st century
Authors: Schlam Salman Julia , Inbar-Lourie Ofra
Published: June 2023

Cognitions, and specifically beliefs, play a critical role in the practices teachers are willing to implement. Beliefs become particularly impactful when teachers are called upon to adapt, adjust and innovate, as is characteristic of language teaching in the 21st century and teaching during a health crisis such as a pandemic. Anchored in the field of language teacher cognition, this article presents a qualitatively driven mixed methods study of English language teachers’ beliefs about language teaching and learning in the 21st century. We explored the beliefs of 74 secondary-level English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers in an attempt to better understand beliefs that were shared among study participants. These teachers had all elected to take part in a new English language program in Israel that seeks to promote 21st century practices. Three categories of beliefs were identified. These include: (1) employing multiple and varied teaching methods; (2) demonstrating adaptability alongside digital literacy; and (3) collaborating and employing interdisciplinary practices. We have defined these categories as ‘precursor beliefs to willingness’. We present their manifestation in the collected data and discuss suggestions for how they can be cultivated at the initial teacher education level and through ongoing professional development.
Temporal contextuality of agentic intersectional positionalities: Nuancing power relations in the ethnography of minority migrant women
Authors: Fresnoza-Flot Asuncion , Cheung Herbary
Published: June 2023

Researchers’ reflexivity usually focuses on the spatiality and sociality of their ethnographic fieldwork. As a result, the temporal context of their positionality, whereby their various identities interact with one another at different research phases, is often overlooked. This paper adopts an agentic intersectional approach and draws from our separate studies of Thai migrant women in Belgium and Hong Kong to unpack the temporality of the power dynamics between study participants and us (the researchers). Through this reflexive exercise, we identify three salient aspects: first, different identities of the researchers intersect at each phase of the study; second, researchers are dependent on gatekeepers and study participants, notably during the data-gathering phase; and third, the changing researcher–participant dynamics throughout the research process are embedded in broader relations of power that encompass social institutions and migrant/ethnic networks. Hence, researchers’ self-discipline and constant awareness of positionality are of utmost importance for achieving well-situated knowledge (re)production.
An investigation into various visualization tools for complex biological networks
Authors: Alzahrani Hanin , Fernstad Sara
Published: June 2023

Network biology has become crucial to understanding the complex structural characteristics of biological systems. Consequently, advanced visualization approaches are needed to support the investigation of such structures, and several network visualization tools have subsequently been developed to help researchers analyze intricate biological networks. While these tools support a range of analytical and interactive features, it is sometimes unclear to a data analyst or visualization designer which features are of most relevance to biologists. Thus, this study investigates and identifies essential factors for the visualization of complex biological networks using a mixed methodology approach. Based on the findings, essential factors were categorized as either generic and heuristic, where the former concern different analytical and interactive functionalities, such as an efficient layout, advanced search capabilities, plugin availability, graph analysis and user-friendliness, while the latter concern usability, such as information coding, flexibility, orientation and help.1 Furthermore, the findings indicate that 12 of the 15 generic factors identified were moderately important, while all 10 heuristic factors identified herein were moderately important.
Sex life and low back pain: The impact of intradiscal ozone therapy in patients with herniated lumbar disc
Authors: Somma Francesco , Negro Alberto , Tortora Mario , Gemini Laura , Pace Gianvito , Fasano Fabrizio , Piscitelli Valeria , Sicignano Carmine , Prudente Mariaevelina , Falco Arturo De , Villa Alessandro , Lugarà Marina , Pezzullo Giovanna , D'Agostino Vincenzo , Gatta Gianluca
Published: June 2023

Study Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Objectives

To assess the improvement of sexual impairment after percutaneous intradiscal ozone therapy in patients complaining of low back pain (LBP) due to lumbar disc herniation.

Methods

Between January 2018 and June 2021, 157 consecutive imaging-guided percutaneous intradiscal ozone therapies were performed on 122 patients with LBP and/or sciatic pain due to lumbar disc herniation. Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) was administered before the treatment and at 1-month and 3-month follow-ups and the ODI Section 8 (ODI-8/sex life) values were retrospectively reviewed to evaluate the improvement of sexual impairment and disability.

Results

Mean age of patients was 54.63 ± 12.40. Technical success was achieved in all cases (157/157). Clinical success was registered in 61.97% (88/142) of patients at 1-month follow-up and in 82.69% (116/142) at 3-month follow-up. The mean ODI-8/sex life was 3.73 ± 1.29 before the procedure, 1.71 ± 1.37 at 1-month follow up and 0.44 ± 0.63 at 3-month follow-up. Compared to older patients, subjects under 50 years showed a significantly slower recovery of sexual impairment ( p = 0.003). The treated levels were L3–L4, L4–L5, and L5–S1 in 4, 116, and 37 patients, respectively. Patients with L3–L4 disc herniation showed less sexual disability at presentation, with a significantly faster improvement of sexual life ( p = 0.03).

Conclusions

Percutaneous intradiscal ozone therapy is highly effective in reducing sexual impairment due to lumbar disc herniation, and the improvement is faster in older patients and in the case of L3–L4 disc involvement.
Kinetostatics of a serial robot in screw form
Authors: Zhao Jing-Shan , Sun Han-Lin
Published: June 2023

Kinetostatics of a robot is an essential component of robotic analysis that includes actuation distribution and torque control. The extant methods mainly include the static transfer formulae and force Jacobian matrix algorithms based on the Denavit-Hartenberg (D-H) method. They can calculate the joint driving torque, but there are some limitations. This paper proposes a kinetostatics approach for analyzing the driving torque of serial manipulators. The instantaneous work done by the external load is expressed with reciprocal screw. It is the key idea of the approach to derive the kinetostatics equation in screw form and determine the required torque at each joint. This methodology is straightforward for programming. Through kinetostatic analysis of some typical serial manipulators, this paper shows the process of establishing the kinetostatics of every joint to calculate the torque in Plücker coordinates. The general spatial manipulator was analyzed and the solution demonstrates the universality of the method presented in this paper. In addition, the kinetostatic analysis method applies to all kinds of serial manipulators.
An integrated perspective of the demand–control and effort–reward imbalance models on burnout among sport coaches: The moderating role of over-commitment and coaching efficacy
Authors: Yan Changliang , Jang Dojin , Kwon Sungho , Jin Qingyun
Published: June 2023

The present study aimed to explore the relationship between stress and burnout through an integration of the demand–control (DC) and effort–reward imbalance (ERI) model in the context of sport coaching. This is the first study to integrate these two models to explain burnout experienced by sport coaches, providing a theoretical basis for understanding the development of burnout in this population. A sample of 398 Chinese sport coaches working in the school system participated in the study. Moderated mediation analyses were conducted to test the research model, and results indicated that the data fit the model well and supported all hypotheses. Specifically, the study verified the hypotheses related to the importance of contextual conditions in burnout development (i.e. burnout caused by job stress consistent with ERI) and personal characteristics that regulate these conditions (i.e. over-commitment as the enhancing moderator and coaching efficacy as the buffering moderator consistent with DC). The findings suggest that addressing the social system (i.e. ERI) in which burnout develops and individual responses (i.e. DC) is crucial to prevent burnout among sport coaches.
Acute reperfusion treatment and secondary prevention of cancer-related stroke: comprehensive overview and proposal of clinical algorithm
Authors: Aloizou Athina-Maria , Palaiodimou Lina , Aloizou Dimitra , Dardiotis Efthimios , Gold Ralf , Tsivgoulis Georgios , Krogias Christos
Published: June 2023

Cancer-related stroke (CRS), referring to ischemic stroke occurring in cancer patients without other clear etiology, represents a clinical challenge, as it is associated with unfavorable clinical outcomes including high rates of recurrence and mortality. There are scarce international recommendations and limited consensus statements on CRS management. For this comprehensive overview, the available studies/reviews/meta-analyses on the use of acute reperfusion and secondary prevention treatments for cancer patients with ischemic stroke, focusing on antithrombotic agents, were collected and summarized. A practical management algorithm was designed per the available data. In short, acute reperfusion in the form of intravenous thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy appears to be safe in CRS and can be considered for eligible patients, though the functional outcomes are often poor, and mostly defined by the preexisting condition. Many patients carry indications for anticoagulation, in which case vitamin K antagonists are not preferred, while low-molecular weight heparins remain the treatment of choice; direct oral anticoagulants can be alternatively considered but are contraindicated for gastrointestinal malignancies. For patients without clear anticoagulation indications, no net benefit for anticoagulation compared to aspirin has been shown. Other targeted treatment options should be evaluated in an individualized approach, alongside the appropriate management of conventional cerebrovascular risk factors. Oncological treatment should be swiftly initiated/continued. In conclusion, acute CRS remains a clinical challenge, with many patients suffering recurrent stroke, despite preventive measures. More randomized-controlled clinical trials are urgently needed to pinpoint the most effective management options for this subset of stroke patients.
Patterns of use of medications used to treat urinary incontinence and potentially inappropriate prescriptions
Authors: Valladales-Restrepo Luis Fernando , Bedoya-Arias Hugo Alejandro , Aristizábal-Carmona Brayan Stiven , Machado-Alba Jorge Enrique
Published: June 2023

Background:

The pharmacological treatment of urinary incontinence (UI) may involve bladder antimuscarinics, which can generate risks in the elderly.

Objective:

The aim was to determine the treatment patterns of a group of patients with UI and possible potentially inappropriate prescriptions.

Design and methods:

This was a cross-sectional study that identified prescription patterns of medications for outpatient use in patients with UI between December 2020 and November 2021 based on a population database of members of the Colombian Health System. Patients were identified based on the codes of the international classification of diseases, version-10. Sociodemographic and pharmacological variables were considered.

Results:

A total of 9855 patients with UI were identified, with a median age of 72 years, and 74.6% were women. Unspecified UI was the most frequent form (83.2%), followed by specified UI (7.9%), stress UI (6.7%), and UI associated with an overactive bladder (2.2%). A total of 37.2% received pharmacological treatment, mainly with bladder antimuscarinics (22.6%), mirabegron (15.6%), and topical estrogens (7.9%). Pharmacological management predominated in UI associated with overactive bladder, in women and in patients between 50 and 79 years of age. Of the patients who received bladder antimuscarinics, 54.5% were 65 years old or older, and 21.5% also had benign prostatic hyperplasia, sicca syndrome, glaucoma, constipation, or dementia. A total of 2.0% of women had been prescribed systemic estrogens and 1.7% had been prescribed peripheral α-adrenergic antagonists.

Conclusion:

Differences in the prescriptions were found according to the type of UI, sex, and age group. Potentially inappropriate or risky prescriptions were common.
#MeToo, Intersectionality, and Community Conversation Frames: A Social Network Analysis of Midterm Election “Resistance” Tweets
Authors: LaPoe Benjamin R. , Carter Olson Candi S. , LaPoe Victoria Leigh , Woellert Allyson , Hazarika Bharbi , Weber Julia
Published: June 2023

This study examines Twitter “resistance” discourse leading up to the 2018 U.S. midterm elections, which was widely viewed as a response to the 2016 presidential election then President Donald J. Trump won a majority of electoral college votes while Hillary Clinton won the popular vote. When analyzing randomly selected tweets with the term “resistance” social networks emerged discussing multiple associated terms with “resistance.” Once mapping these networks, the conversation frames that drove discourse across the virtual communities included the most used frame, the #MeToo frame, along with intersectionality and community-building frames. The results of the 2016 presidential election, and Trump's victory, enabled by explicit appeals to race and gender stereotypes, prompted a wave of civic activism, included in the social media conversations outlined in this study.
Purification, Characterization, and Anticomplementary Activity of Polysaccharides From the Fruits of Amomum tsaoko Crevost & Lemarié
Authors: Hu Zhengyu , Jin Long , Zong Tieqiang , Duan Yuanqi , Zhang Xiaohui , Yang Pengcheng , Sun Jinfeng , Zhou Wei , Li Gao
Published: June 2023

The resin purification condition of polysaccharides from Amomum tsaoko Crevost et Lemarie (ATPs) was optimized using response surface method (RSM) and analytic hierarchy process (AHP): elution volume of 2 BV, flow rate of 2 BV/h, sample concentration of 2 mg/mL, sample volume of 0.4 BV, the comprehensive score of actual purification effect was 73.45 ± 0.32% (n = 3). Then, a homogenous polysaccharide (ATP-1-1) was isolated by DEAE-52 cellulose and Sephadex G-200 column. The structure of ATP-1-1 was characterized by the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, high-performance liquid chromatography, high-performance gel permeation chromatography, Congo red test, scanning electron microscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis, which showed that ATP-1-1 was composed of mannose, rhamnose, glucose, galactose, and arabinose in a molar ratio of 1.3:1.0:6.2:4.8:1.1 with molecular weight of 845.21 kDa, and had a triple-helix conformation, blocky microstructure, and good thermal stability. The evaluation of anti-complementary activity showed that ATP-1-1 possessed stronger anticomplementary activity than positive drug, significantly inhibited complement activation through both classical (CH50 = 6.28 ± 0.23 μg/mL) and alternative pathways (AP50 = 45.33 ± 0.16 μg/mL), and interacted with C2, C4, and factor B components in the activation cascade of the complement system.
Epigenetics: Novel crucial approach for osteogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells
Authors: Wang Zhaohua , Wen Si , Zhong Meiqi , Yang Ziming , Xiong Wei , Zhang Kuo , Yang Shude , Li Huizheng , Guo Shu
Published: June 2023

Bone has a robust regenerative potential, but its capacity to repair critical-sized bone defects is limited. In recent years, stem cells have attracted significant interest for their potential in tissue engineering. Applying mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for enhancing bone regeneration is a promising therapeutic strategy. However, maintaining optimal cell efficacy or viability of MSCs is limited by several factors. Epigenetic modification can cause changes in gene expression levels without changing its sequence, mainly including nucleic acids methylation, histone modification, and non-coding RNAs. This modification is believed to be one of the determinants of MSCs fate and differentiation. Understanding the epigenetic modification of MSCs can improve the activity and function of stem cells. This review summarizes recent advances in the epigenetic mechanisms of MSCs differentiation into osteoblast lineages. We expound that epigenetic modification of MSCs can be harnessed to treat bone defects and promote bone regeneration, providing potential therapeutic targets for bone-related diseases.
Ixazomib-induced Sweet’s syndrome: A case report
Authors: Bellemare Jeanne , El Fassy Hannah Laure , Mereniuk Alexandra
Published: June 2023

Ixazomib, a proteasome inhibitor commonly used for the treatment of multiple myeloma, is a rare cause of Sweet’s syndrome. We present a 62-year-old man who developed drug-induced Sweet’s syndrome during his fifth cycle of ixazomib for treatment of refractory multiple myeloma. Monthly rechallenge led to the recurrence of symptoms. The patient was successfully treated with addition of weekly corticosteroids and resumed his cancer treatment.
Efficacy of fibroblast transplantation in the healing of cutaneous leishmaniasis scar: A case report
Authors: Faghihi Faezeh , Larijani Ghazaleh , Mohebbi Lena , Ketabforoush Arsh Haj Mohamad Ebrahim , Amini Naser , Mardasi Kimiya Ghanbari
Published: June 2023

Autologous fibroblast transplantation has been proven to be a promising method in wound healing with no side effects. This is the first study aimed to determine the efficacy and safety of autologous fibroblast cell injection to the atrophic scar caused by cutaneous leishmaniasis as an endemic disease in many middle-eastern countries. It causes chronic skin lesions and permanently disfiguring scars. Autologous fibroblasts were obtained from the patient’s ear skin and were injected intradermally twice at 2-month intervals. Outcomes were measured using ultrasonography, VisioFace, and Cutometer. No adverse reaction was observed. The results showed improvements in epidermal thickness and density, melanin level, and skin lightening. Moreover, the skin elasticity in the scar area increased after the second transplantation. No improvement was observed in dermal thickness and density. A longer follow-up with more patients is recommended to investigate the effectiveness of fibroblast transplantation better.
Dislocated accountabilities in the “AI supply chain”: Modularity and developers’ notions of responsibility
Authors: Widder David Gray , Nafus Dawn
Published: June 2023

Responsible artificial intelligence guidelines ask engineers to consider how their systems might harm. However, contemporary artificial intelligence systems are built by composing many preexisting software modules that pass through many hands before becoming a finished product or service. How does this shape responsible artificial intelligence practice? In interviews with 27 artificial intelligence engineers across industry, open source, and academia, our participants often did not see the questions posed in responsible artificial intelligence guidelines to be within their agency, capability, or responsibility to address. We use Suchman's “located accountability” to show how responsible artificial intelligence labor is currently organized and to explore how it could be done differently. We identify cross-cutting social logics, like modularizability, scale, reputation, and customer orientation, that organize which responsible artificial intelligence actions do take place and which are relegated to low status staff or believed to be the work of the next or previous person in the imagined “supply chain.” We argue that current responsible artificial intelligence interventions, like ethics checklists and guidelines that assume panoptical knowledge and control over systems, could be improved by taking a located accountability approach, recognizing where relations and obligations might intertwine inside and outside of this supply chain.
The Impact of Contradictory Online Reviews on Consumer Online Purchase Decision: Experimental Evidence From China
Authors: Bo Le , Chen Yimo , Yang Xiaoli
Published: June 2023

Most consumers read online reviews before making online purchase decisions. Online reviews of a product usually include positive and negative contradictory online reviews (CORs). Previous studies have confirmed the impact of CORs on consumers’ online purchase decisions. However, literature review showed that most of the conducted studies on the dimension of CORs are single dimension. Therefore, this study examined how CORs affected consumers’ online purchase decisions from two dimensions: proportion of positive and negative reviews and emotional arousal. The results of a two (proportion of positive and negative reviews: high vs. low) × 2 (emotional arousal: calm vs. arousing) inter group experiment from 306 Chinese consumers showed that CORs have a significant negative impact on consumers’ purchase online decision, and CORs affect consumers’ online purchase decision by affecting perceived risk. The results of this study enrich literature of online reviews. Findings of this study provide important information to e-retailers on how CORs affect consumers’ online purchase decisions. The theoretical and practical implications of the proposed study are also discussed.
Chile’s Tobacco Strategy: A Scoping Review of Tobacco Measures Over Time
Authors: Domínguez-Cancino Karen A. , Martínez Pablo , Nazif-Munoz José Ignacio
Published: June 2023

Chile currently has a relatively robust tobacco control policy approach. Nonetheless, it has one of the highest tobacco consumption prevalence rates among adults worldwide. Better knowledge regarding changes in tobacco control policy over time may provide a comprehensive understanding of the observed changes in the prevalence of tobacco consumption. We aimed to carry out a scoping review to explore the evolution of Chile’s tobacco control consumption policies. We searched legal instruments, including laws and decrees, in the Chilean National Library of Congress from inception to December 2018. One author screened potential legal instruments; two authors independently systematized research records found. We included any legal instrument issued by the President of the Republic or the Chilean National Congress. We used the MPOWER strategy as a guideline to classify interventions. The institutional change theory proposed by van der Heijden and Kuhlmann was applied to interpret policy changes. We identified 499 legal instruments related to tobacco. Of these, three laws and ten decrees were included for analysis. We observed an uneven implementation of measures recommended by the WHO over time. The dimensions Protect, Warn, and Enforce showed consistent progress, measures in the Monitor and Raise dimensions were unsustained, and no measures for the dimension Offer were found. In Chile, measures to tackle tobacco consumption over the last three decades have focused predominantly on regulating individual choices rather than on the tobacco industry. Future research assessing the effects of Chile’s tobacco control consumption policies should account for their multifaceted and heterogeneous implementation.
What Do Academic Faculty Members Think of Performance Measures of Academic Teaching? A Case Study From a 10-Year Perspective
Authors: Eckhaus Eyal , Davidovitch Nitza
Published: June 2023

Much has been written about myths and facts concerning teaching surveys completed by students at academic institutions. The myths usually emerge among faculty members based on their subjective point of view, personal experience, or intuitive interpretation of events. The following case study is the first of its kind, and it follows how academic faculty members evaluate performance measurement of academic teaching and teaching surveys in particular, while examining the change that has occurred over the last decade. The case analysis, examining instructors’ evaluation of teaching surveys completed by students, is based on a group of senior faculty members in Israeli academic institutions. The current study is unique in examining how academic faculty members perceive alternative options for measuring their overall performance in academic teaching as manifested in teaching surveys. One hundred eighty-two questionnaires were collected from senior faculty members at academic institutions, comprised of open-ended questions concerning suggestions for alternative teaching evaluation surveys and their structure. The research findings show that the instructors mention “professional” alternatives and perceive teaching surveys as an unprofessional and populist tool. Assuming that students’ voices and their opinion of teaching are important, professional alternatives for evaluating and improving teaching should find expression—and instructors relate significantly to professional elements at academic institutions as potentially helpful factors.
Parent-Adolescent Relationship Quality, Ethnic Identity, and Romantic Attachment in Asian American Emerging Adults
Authors: Parekh Radhika N. , Barry Carolyn McNamara , Kotchick Beth A. , Jacobson Cara H. , Stewart-Sicking Joseph A.
Published: June 2023

Given increasing diversity in the U.S., ethnocultural differences in identity formation need exploration. We use attachment theory to understand the associations among ethnic identity, parent-adolescent relationship quality, and romantic attachment quality. We examined emerging adults’ perceived relationship quality with parents during their adolescence in relation to current ethnic identity strength and romantic attachment avoidance and anxiety along with gender and ethnicity among East Asians, Southeast Asians, and South Asians ( N = 358 undergraduate students). While bivariate correlations only found a positive relation to maternal connection and romantic avoidance for the overall sample, the path analyses provided some support for the main hypotheses. Emerging adults’ perceived maternal connection during adolescence was negatively associated with current romantic attachment avoidance among emerging-adult men, and perceived paternal connection during adolescence was negatively related to current romantic attachment anxiety among emerging-adult women. Ethnic identity moderated the relation between maternal connection and anxiety for women and men.
Book review: Anupama Roy, Citizenship Regimes, Law, and Belonging: The CAA and the NRC
Authors: Vakil Raeesa
Published: June 2023

Anupama Roy, Citizenship Regimes, Law, and Belonging: The CAA and the NRC. India: Oxford University Press. 2022. 288 pages. ₹1,495.
On the Editions of Dr B. R. Ambedkar’s The Buddha and His Dhamma
Authors: Khiamniungan Chiangmong
Published: June 2023

This article seeks to outline the history of the addition of references to what is often considered Dr B. R. Ambedkar’s magnum opus, his posthumously published The Buddha and His Dhamma (1957). It discusses the original edition, the 1961 Hindi translation by Bhadant Anand Kausalyayan, which was the first to add references, the 1992 reprint of the original edition as Volume 11 of the collection Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar: Writings and Speeches published by the Government of Maharashtra, and the 2011 ‘critical edition’ edited by Aakash Singh Rathore and Ajay Verma and published by Oxford University Press. Through a critical appraisal of these editions, the article aims to press the general need turned urgent for scholars of Ambedkar to produce competent scholarly editions of Ambedkar’s texts, especially his later writings, which were left incomplete and unpublished during his lifetime.
Democracy in South Asia: An Expanding ‘Imagination’
Authors: Shastri Sandeep
Published: June 2023

Democracy has become an accepted lexicon among ruling elites and the general public through the twentieth century. However, there are also doubts about its strength in the current century. Looking at survey data, this article attempts a first-cut analysis of citizens’ commitment to democracy. Taking an elected government as the primary principle of democracy, do citizens make concessions to non-elected decision-making processes? This article focuses on the five countries of South Asia to answer this question and arrives at the conclusion that there is often a large gap between a broader acceptance of democratic government as a principle and the more nuanced acceptance of democratic government as a necessary element of democracy.
Management of Partial-Thickness Tears of the Distal Bicep Tendon: Evaluation of 111 Patients With 10-Year Follow-up
Authors: Tagliero Adam J. , Till Sara E. , Wilbur Ryan R. , Song Bryant M. , Reinholz Anna K. , Johnson Adam C. , Sanchez-Sotelo Joaquin , Barlow Jonathan D. , Camp Christopher L.
Published: June 2023

Background:

There is a paucity of research on the management of partial-thickness tears of the distal bicep tendon, and even less is known about the long-term outcomes of this condition.

Purpose:

To identify patients with partial-thickness distal bicep tendon tears and determine (1) patient characteristics and treatment strategies, (2) long-term outcomes, and (3) any identifiable risk factors for progression to surgery or complete tear.

Study Design:

Case-control study; Level of evidence, 3.

Methods:

A fellowship-trained musculoskeletal radiologist identified patients diagnosed with a partial-thickness distal bicep tendon tear on magnetic resonance imaging between 1996 and 2016. Medical records were reviewed to confirm the diagnosis and record study details. Multivariate logistic regression models were created using baseline characteristics, injury details, and physical examination findings to predict operative intervention.

Results:

In total, 111 patients met inclusion criteria (54 treated operatively, 57 treated nonoperatively), with 53% of tears in the nondominant arm and a mean follow-up time after surgery of 9.7 ± 6.5 years. Only 5% of patients progressed to full-thickness tears during the study period, at a mean of 35 months after the initial diagnosis. Patients who were nonoperatively treated were less likely to miss time from work (12% vs 61%; P < .001) and missed fewer days (30 vs 97 days; P < .016) than those treated surgically. Multivariate regression analyses demonstrated increased risk of progression to surgery with older age at initial consult (unit odds ratio [OR], 1.1), tenderness to palpation (OR, 7.5), and supination weakness (OR, 24.8). Supination weakness at initial consult was a statistically significant predictor for surgical intervention (OR, 24.8; P = .001).

Conclusion:

Clinical outcomes were favorable for patients regardless of treatment strategy. Approximately 50% of patients were treated surgically; patients with supination weakness were 24 times more likely to undergo surgery than those without. Progression to full-thickness tear was a relatively uncommon reason for surgical intervention, with only 5% of patients progressing to full-thickness tears during the study period and the majority occurring within 3 months of initial diagnosis.
Beyond the Sacred: Contextualising Kāśī in the Jātakas
Authors: Yadav Ujjwal
Published: June 2023

The article attempts to contextualise the early historic city of Vārāṇasī in Uttar Pradesh beyond its sacred and religious identities. The article focuses on the craftsmen and crafts at Vārāṇasī as gleaned from the Buddhist literary tradition, notably the Jātakas. In doing so, it engages with the questions of inclusion and exclusion in urban space as these groups were accorded a lower social status despite the importance attached to specialised craft production. A critical reading of the stories suggests that the economic prosperity of the city was deeply rooted in the economic activities of the craftsmen. But the Jātakas reflect the reluctance and silence of the compilers in assigning requisite status to these groups.1
Krishna Mohan Shrimali, The Religious Enterprise: Studies in Early Indian Religions
Authors: Sahgal Smita
Published: June 2023

Krishna Mohan Shrimali, The Religious Enterprise: Studies in Early Indian Religions (Delhi: Aakar Books, 2022), Two volumes, 684 pp., ₹3,500.
The Changing Mix of Gay Bar Subtypes after COVID-19 Restrictions in the United States, 2017 to 2023
Authors: Mattson Greggor
Published: June 2023

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic marked a dramatic change in the gendered composition of gay bars and a slowing rate of overall decline. Trends are drawn from historic data from printed business guides supplemented with two national censuses of online business listings for LGBTQ+ bars. An online census shows a rebound from a nadir of 730 gay bars in spring 2021 to 803 in 2023. Bars serving mostly or only cisgender men plummeted in their share from 44.6 percent of all gay bars to only 24.2 percent. Bars serving men’s kink communities also declined, from 8.5 percent to 6.6 percent of all gay bars. Bars serving men and women together increased from 44.2 percent to 65.6 percent of all gay bars. Lesbian bars nearly doubled from 15 to 29 establishments to 3.6 percent of the total. Bars serving people of color experienced a small decline in their share from 2019 to 2023.
The Emerging Potential of Bile Acids as a Modulator of Psoriatic Inflammation
Authors: Wei Grace , Shi Zhenrui , Wu Xuesong , Hwang Samuel T.
Published: June 2023

Background

Bile acids (BAs) are cholesterol-based amphipathic surfactants that are most widely known for their contributions to lipid metabolism, but more recently have been increasingly recognized as a key signaling molecule in inflammatory diseases as well as, potentially, psoriatic disease.

Objective

This brief review reviews relevant literature in order to briefly describe the synthesis of bile acids and their subsequent metabolism and to analyze recent animal and human data that supports anti-inflammatory activity of some BAs in psoriasiform dermatitis.

Methods

Pubmed and other public sources were used to survey the literature relevant to the topic of bile acids and their potential use in psoriasis.

Conclusion

There is clinical and preclinical evidence to support a potential role for BA Supplementation (or modulation BA metabolism and signaling) in the treatment of psoriasis.
Literature and the Wadden Sea: Teaching coastal environments through literature
Authors: de Smalen Eveline , Ritson Katie
Published: June 2023

Literature and the Wadden Sea is a guide for teaching Wadden Sea literature in advanced university courses in Scandinavian, Danish, German or Dutch language and literature or comparative literary studies programmes, and for integrating literature into courses in other disciplines. It can be found at www.waddensealiterature.com . This article lays out the development of this project and the contents and objectives of the Teaching Toolkit. It also suggests how it can be used as a model for teaching that couples literature with other protected places, be they national parks, nature reserves or other places. Finally, it concludes with our initial findings, plans and hopes for the subsequent development of the project.
‘Send everyone, it’s my son’ – Combined Glaserian grounded theory and thematic analysis of paramedics attending their own families
Authors: Wilkinson-Stokes Matt , Kellermeier Merianne , Whitfield Steve
Published: June 2023

Introduction

Medical clinicians treating relatives is ethically complex; in paramedicine, the time-critical nature of pathologies often precludes alternative treatment without risking morbidity or mortality.

Aims

This project had three aims: firstly, to retrieve baseline data for thematic analysis on the experiences of paramedics who have attended their own families; secondly, to generate explanatory grounded theory; and finally, to translate these findings into recommendations for practice.

Methods

Glaserian grounded theory and thematic analysis methods were both undertaken using a realist perspective. Acquiescence, wording, and habituation heuristics were mitigated in the interview design. There were 44 responses ( n = 93 instances of treating family), with 21 participants ( n = 34) from three countries interviewed. Saturation was determined using both Guest et al.'s and Thorne's criterion. Semantic and latent themes were generated inductively via a five-step process, with grounded theory generated simultaneously via a three-step Glaserian process. Cohen's kappa ranged from 0.82 to 0.93.

Results

Incidents were both traumatic (hangings, stabbings, traumatic arrests) and medical (paediatric arrests, cardiac arrests, overdoses). The core concept-category was ‘conflict between the roles of clinician and relative’. Paramedics reported a sympathetic hyperarousal response that they quickly suppressed, a rapid transition into ‘work mode’, and difficulty obtaining their normal state of flow, balancing dual roles as clinician and relative, transitioning out of work mode and into becoming a carer, and simultaneously processing the event. Organisational responses were frequently described as inadequate. Paramedics reported short-term experiences consistent with an acute stress response, and a large proportion suffered long-term, life-altering consequences. It is theorised that this phenomenon disrupts professional detachment, increases outcome self-expectations, interrupts normal routines, and promotes overmedicalisation.

Conclusion

This research provides baseline data and theory on the experiences of paramedics attending their own families. Five themes and 24 subthemes were identified, an explanatory theorem proposed, and a preliminary set of eight recommendations for translation into practice provided.
Governance Through Trust: Community Engagement in an Australian City Rebuilding Precinct
Authors: Ninan Johan , Clegg Stewart , Mahalingam Ashwin , Sankaran Shankar
Published: June 2023

City rebuilding precincts are embedded in, surrounded by, and sometimes resisted or celebrated by stakeholders they impact. These projects require long-lasting relationships and loyalty from the community they serve, making trust a crucial factor. This article employs a case study approach and draws from both social exchange and circuit of power theories to understand the complex relationship between trust and governance. Three strategies emerged from the analysis: employing resources, building legitimacy, and creating a brand. These strategies and their interactions highlight how trust can act as a governance mechanism for more effective engagement with the project community.