bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
COVID-19 in Patients with Active Cancer: Higher Inflammatory Activity Predicts Poor Outcome
Authors: Rüthrich Maria Madeleine , Khodamoradi Yascha , Lanznaster Julia , Stecher Melanie , Tometten Lukas , Voit Florian , Koll Carolin E.M. , Borgmann Stefan , Vehreschild Jörg Janne , Ole Jensen Björn-Erik , Hanses Frank , Giessen-Jung Clemens , Wille Kai , von Lilienfeld-Toal Marie , Beutel Gernot ,   on behalf of the LEOSS Study Group
Published: November 2023

Introduction: Active malignancies have been identified as an independent risk factor for severity and mortality in COVID-19. However, direct comparisons between SARS-CoV-2-infected patients with active (acP) and non-active cancers (n-acP) remain scarce. Patients and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed a cohort of cancer patients with PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, enrolled from March 16, 2020, to July 31, 2021. Data on demographics, cancer, and laboratory findings were collected. Descriptive and subsequent regression analyses were performed. Endpoints were “deterioration to severe COVID-19” and “infection-associated mortality.” Results: In total, 987 cancer patients (510 acP vs. 477 n-acP) were included in our analysis. The majority was >55 years old, more men than women were included. At detection of SARS-CoV-2, 65.5% of patients had mild/moderate symptoms, while deterioration to severe COVID-19 was slightly more common in acP (19 vs. 16%; p = 0.284). COVID-19-associated mortality was significantly higher in acP (24 vs. 17.5%, p < 0.001). In terms of laboratory tests, severe cytopenia and elevated levels of inflammatory markers were common findings in acP at baseline, particularly in those who developed a severe infection or died. Multivariate analysis revealed that ferritin (HR 14.24 [2.1–96], p = 0.006) and CRP (HR 2.85 [1.02–8.02], p = 0.046) were associated with severity and mortality. In n-acP, association was seen for ferritin only (HR 4.1 [1.51–11.17], p = 0.006). Conclusion: Comparing patients with active and non-active cancer, the former showed higher mortality rates. Also, inflammatory markers were significantly increased, assuming higher levels of inflammation may play a role in the adverse outcome of COVID-19 in aCP.
The Relationship and Influence Between 4p’s Subsidy and Financial Litera-cy Through Universal Basic Income Among the Beneficiaries of Selected Barangays in Iligan City
Authors: Eleoran Angelica T. , Castillon Marchie C. , Manlosa Razel Mae D. , Bahala Dianne Therese Marie C. , Abiol Michael Jere’ D.
Published: November 2023

The research aimed to explore the potential of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) systems in delivering financial education and influencing knowledge and behavior among beneficiaries residing in selected barangays within Iligan City. Cash transfer initiatives have gained significant traction in regions worldwide characterized by deep-seated poverty and inequality coupled with relatively unstable social protection systems. They are often hailed as a viable tool for bolstering social protection, endorsed by international organizations and aid agencies. Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are being considered as a strategic approach to alleviating poverty while simultaneously making investments in human capital. Evaluations of CCT programs have demonstrated their potential in promoting greater utilization of healthcare and educational services. This study delves into the extent to which CCTs can enhance financial capability. One notable example is the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino (4Ps) program in the Philippines, a cash distribution initiative that channels resources into health and education with the aim of mitigating extreme poverty.
MengASIhi di Era Society (5.0)
Authors: Hastuti Nur Aini Retno , Agustasari Krisjentha Iffah , Putri Rismaina , Kusumaningtyas Dian , Gumanti Kentri Anggarina , Maharani Afniari , Hanifarizani Rahma Dian , Proborini Astri
Published: November 2023

MengASlhi atau memberikan ASI (Air Susu Ibu) yang lebih dikenal dengan istilah menyusui adalah proses yang sangat penting dalam pertumbuhan dan perkembangan bayi. Menyusui adalah proses pemberian susu kepada bayi atau anak dengan air susu ibu (ASI) dari payudara ibu. Menyusui merupakan peristiwa kompleks yang melibatkan ibu dan bayi dalam prosesnya. Seorang ibu harus mengetahui konsep menyusui yang benar dan faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi keberhasilan proses menyusui. Ibu menyusui yang bekerja dapat meningkatkan produksi ASI dengan beberapa cara, optimalisasi ASI perah dan penyimpanannya, serta kebijakan pemerintah dalam mendukung keberhasilan menyusui. Dalam buku ini juga dibahas pengaruh Covid-19 pada proses menyusui. Bagaimana sistem imun ibu menyusui yang terpapar virus Covid-19, mendapatkan vaksinasi Covid-19, dan antibodi dalam ASI dari ibu penyintas Covid-19.
Bioteknologi Lingkungan Perairan
Authors: Yanuhar Uun , Caesar Nico Rahman
Published: November 2023

Buku ini membawa pembaca dalam perjalanan yang menarik dan penuh inspirasi melalui dunia bioteknologi modern. Setiap babnya dirancang untuk memberikan pemahaman yang menyeluruh tentang dasar-dasar bioteknologi serta memberikan wawasan mendalam tentang konsep, teknik, dan aplikasi bioteknologi yang sedang berkembang pesat dalam bidang perairan. Dengan penjelasan yang jelas dan terperinci, buku ini akan membantu pembaca memahami dasar-dasar bioteknologi, termasuk ruang lingkup dan sejarahnya yang menarik. Pembaca akan dipandu melalui perjalanan panjang sejarah bioteknologi, mulai dari penemuan pertama hingga kemajuan teknologi terkini. Melalui ilustrasi yang menarik dan contoh kasus nyata, Pembaca akan dapat melihat bagaimana bioteknologi telah mengubah dan mempengaruhi berbagai bidang kehidupan. Selain itu, buku ini juga menggambarkan berbagai aplikasi praktis bioteknologi di berbagai bidang kehidupan. Pembaca akan menjelajahi aplikasi bioteknologi dalam bidang perairan dan perikanan, di mana pengetahuan dan teknik bioteknologi telah memberikan kontribusi penting dalam pemuliaan ikan, pengendalian penyakit, dan pemantauan kualitas air. Dalam setiap bab, Pembaca akan diberikan wawasan mendalam tentang konsep dan teknik terkait serta diilustrasikan dengan contoh kasus nyata yang menggugah dan menginspirasi. Buku ini bukan hanya untuk para ilmuwan dan peneliti bioteknologi, tetapi juga dapat dinikmati oleh pembaca dari berbagai latar belakang. Bahasa yang jelas dan aksesibel digunakan dalam menjelaskan konsep-konsep yang kompleks, sehingga membantu Pembaca memahami dan mengaplikasikan ilmu bioteknologi dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Pembaca akan diajak untuk menjelajahi potensi luar biasa yang ditawarkan oleh ilmu bioteknologi dalam mewujudkan kemajuan dalam dunia hayati, serta menyadari peran Pembaca sebagai individu dalam mempromosikan penggunaan yang bertanggung jawab dan berkelanjutan dari teknologi bioteknologi.
In Vivo Base Editing of
Scn5a
Rescues Type 3 Long QT Syndrome in Mice
Authors: Qi Man , Ma Shuhong , Liu Jingtong , Liu Xujie , Wei Jingjing , Lu Wen-Jing , Zhang Siyao , Chang Yun , Zhang Yongshuai , Zhong Kejia , Yan Yuting , Zhu Min , Song Yabing , Chen Yundai , Hao Guoliang , Wang Jianbin , Wang Li , Lee Andrew S. , Chen Xiangbo , Wang Yongming , Lan Feng
Published: November 2023

BACKGROUND:

Pathogenic variants in
SCN5A
can result in long QT syndrome type 3, a life-threatening genetic disease. Adenine base editors can convert targeted A T base pairs to G C base pairs, offering a promising tool to correct pathogenic variants.

METHODS:

We generated a long QT syndrome type 3 mouse model by introducing the T1307M pathogenic variant into the
Scn5a
gene. The adenine base editor was split into 2 smaller parts and delivered into the heart by adeno-associated virus serotype 9 (AAV9-ABEmax) to correct the T1307M pathogenic variant.

RESULTS:

Both homozygous and heterozygous T1307M mice showed significant QT prolongation. Carbachol administration induced Torsades de Pointes or ventricular tachycardia for homozygous T1307M mice (20%) but not for heterozygous or wild-type mice. A single intraperitoneal injection of AAV9-ABEmax at postnatal day 14 resulted in up to 99.20%
Scn5a
transcripts corrected in T1307M mice.
Scn5a
mRNA correction rate >60% eliminated QT prolongation;
Scn5a
mRNA correction rate <60% alleviated QT prolongation. Partial
Scn5a
correction resulted in cardiomyocytes heterogeneity, which did not induce severe arrhythmias. We did not detect off-target DNA or RNA editing events in ABEmax-treated mouse hearts.

CONCLUSIONS:

These findings show that in vivo AAV9-ABEmax editing can correct the variant
Scn5a
allele, effectively ameliorating arrhythmia phenotypes. Our results offer a proof of concept for the treatment of hereditary arrhythmias.
Language Model Behavior: A Comprehensive Survey
Authors: Chang Tyler A. , Bergen Benjamin K.
Published: November 2023

Transformer language models have received widespread public attention, yet their generated text is often surprising even to NLP researchers. In this survey, we discuss over 250 recent studies of English language model behavior before task-specific fine-tuning. Language models possess basic capabilities in syntax, semantics, pragmatics, world knowledge, and reasoning, but these capabilities are sensitive to specific inputs and surface features. Despite dramatic increases in generated text quality as models scale to hundreds of billions of parameters, the models are still prone to unfactual responses, commonsense errors, memorized text, and social biases. Many of these weaknesses can be framed as over-generalizations or under-generalizations of learned patterns in text. We synthesize recent results to highlight what is currently known about large language model capabilities, thus providing a resource for applied work and for research in adjacent fields that use language models.
The Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Develop an International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution, Including the Marine Environment
Authors: Stöfen-O’Brien Aleke
Published: November 2023

In June 2023, the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including the marine environment concluded. It provided an opportunity to gauge the progress made by States and other stakeholders towards agreeing on the potential objective and treaty architecture of a future plastics treaty which is planned to be agreed upon by the end of 2024. This brief intervention outlines the developments made, as well as potential contentious issues that have arisen in relation to procedural and substantive aspects of the negotiations. It also reflects on key highlights.
Asianizing the Integrated Approach for Development Cooperation: Scaling-Up Dynamics of KOICA’s Peace-Development Nexus Projects in Lao PDR and Cambodia
Authors: Kim Taekyoon , Kim Bo Kyung
Published: November 2023

This study explores the significance of mainstreaming an integrated approach to development in enhancing development cooperation. It underscores the Asianization of this integrated approach by scrutinizing a unique path that harmonizes global guidelines for integrated approaches within Asia’s regional context. Serving as the focal case study, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)’s Peace Village Development Projects in Cambodia and Lao PDR illuminate how projects can evolve into integrated programs. This evolution draws on universalist lessons within the contextualist epistemological framework for scaling up. The research establishes that comprehensive needs and capacity assessments, in conjunction with the active participation of various stakeholders, are crucial for the effective design and implementation of these projects, which engage mixed scaling-up processes. KOICA’s integrated strategy serves as a dynamic catalyst for social inclusion and the optimization of sectoral outcomes, offering a mechanism for scaling up that contributes to the formation of ‘an organically societized Asia.’
New and little known Coleophora Hübner, 1822 species from Morocco. Part I. (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)
Authors: TABELL JUKKA , KULLBERG JAAKKO , MUTANEN MARKO , TOKÁR ZDENKO , SIHVONEN PASI
Published: November 2023

Altogether, 64 Coleophora (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) species from Morocco are reported, based on recent collecting expeditions. Twelve new species are described: C. retusa Tabell, sp. nov., C. afrofrischella Tabell, sp. nov., C. olei Tabell, sp. nov., C. carsteni Tabell, sp. nov., C. ifranensis Tabell & Kullberg, sp. nov., C. jaskai Tabell, sp. nov., C. submendica Tabell, sp. nov., C. adipella Tabell, sp. nov., C. antiatlasella Tabell, sp. nov., C. dikeratella Tabell & Kullberg, sp. nov., C. afrodianthi Tabell, sp. nov. and C. knudi Tabell, sp. nov. Of the previously described species, 20 are collected for the first time from Morocco, of which nine are also new to Africa. Adult males and females and their genitalia are illustrated. DNA barcodes of the presented species, if existing, are compared with those of all other Coleophoridae available on the BOLD database. Each of the barcoded new species has a unique BIN (Barcode Index Number). The female genitalia of C. arefactella Staudinger, 1859, C. stenidella Toll, 1952 and C. griseomixta Toll, 1960 are illustrated for the first time.
Two new ant-eating spiders of the genus Mallinella Strand, 1906 (Araneae, Zodariidae) from Hainan Island, China
Authors: LU YING , LI SHUQIANG , YAO ZHIYUAN
Published: November 2023

In this paper, two new Mallinella spiders of the family Zodariidae Thorell, 1881 are reported from Hainan Island, China: M. ledong sp. nov. (♂♀) and M. limushan sp. nov. (♂♀). Complete description for each species are provided, along with high quality illustrations and the distribution map of the records.
On the sand and among the crowds: a new species of Woodworthia gecko (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae) from Auckland, Aotearoa/ New Zealand
Authors: WINKEL DYLAN VAN , WELLS SARAH J. , HARKER NICHOLAS , HITCHMOUGH RODNEY A.
Published: November 2023

Woodworthia is a diverse genus of diplodactylid geckos found in Aotearoa/ New Zealand, with 17 likely species. Despite this diversity, only two species have been formally described: Woodworthia maculata (Gray, 1845) and W. chrysosiretica (Robb, 1980). In this paper, we use an integrated taxonomic approach to describe a new species of Woodworthia gecko, Woodworthia korowai sp. nov., found along the western coastline of the Auckland Region, New Zealand. Although this species occurs in duneland habitat behind a popular beach near New Zealand’s most populated city, it was only recognised as a distinct taxon in 2016. We describe W. korowai sp. nov. based on a suite of morphological character states and substantial genetic divergence, based on the mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 (ND2) gene, that distinguish it from W. maculata sensu stricto and all other known species of Woodworthia. Phylogenetic reconstruction and molecular dating place it sister to the W. maculata group, with an estimated time of divergence in the mid to late Pliocene. This gecko is one of the most geographically restricted of all Woodworthia geckos, occupying an area of less than 500 km2 within the Auckland Region. Its narrow range and coastal association make it susceptible to environmental and genetic stochasticity. Furthermore, the popularity and recreational usage of the dune system threaten its habitat. Therefore, we hope that this description will bring attention to the value of coastal environments and the unique and sensitive duneland of Te Korowai-o-Te-Tonga/ South Kaipara Peninsula and Te Oneone Rangatira/ Muriwai Beach in particular and encourage conservation efforts to protect this newly described species and its habitat.
Two new species of Erythroneurini from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae)
Authors: PU TIANYI , WANG JINQIU , SONG YUEHUA
Published: November 2023

In the present paper, two new erythroneurine species from Yunnan province, China, Arboridia (Arboridia) jinghongensis sp. nov. and Empoascanara (Empoascanara) lancanga sp. nov., are described and illustrated.
After the Genocide: Proximity to Victims and Support for Punishing Ingroup Crimes
Authors: Charnysh Volha , Riaz Sascha
Published: November 2023

What explains divergent transitional justice preferences among political elites after genocide? We argue that elite preferences vary with their proximity to the victimized group. Individuals who know the victims personally and/or have witnessed violence against them may be more likely to support punishing the perpetrators, possibly because they experience collective guilt. We support this argument using an original biographical dataset on the members of the West German parliament, linking their location and experiences during the Third Reich to free roll-call votes on extending the statute of limitations for murder in 1965–69. We find that proximity to synagogues, particularly those attacked in November 1938, predicts support for extending the statute, conditional on party, state, mandate type, denomination, and a host of personal attributes. We also find significantly lower support for extending the statute among former NSDAP members. Our findings highlight the importance of bystander experiences in shaping support for retributive justice.
Days of Work over a Half Century: The Rise of the Four-Day Workweek
Authors: Hamermesh Daniel S. , Biddle Jeff E.
Published: November 2023

The authors examine work patterns in the United States from 1973 to 2018, with the novel focus on days per week, using intermittent CPS samples and one ATUS sample. Among full-time workers, the incidence of four-day workweeks tripled, adding 7 million four-day workers. Similar growth occurred in the Netherlands, Germany, and South Korea. The rise was not due to changes in demographics or industrial structure. Such schedules are more common among those who are 1) less educated, 2) younger, 3) white non-Hispanic, 4) men, 5) natives, 6) people with young children, 7) non-unionized, 8) police and firefighters, 9) health care workers, and 10) restaurant workers. Based on an equilibrium model, the authors show that the increase in four-day workweeks results more from workers’ preferences and/or their daily fixed costs of working than production costs. The wage penalty for a four-day workweek is greater when such work is more prevalent, and the penalty has diminished over time.
Twenty-five years of accountability research in public administration: Authorship, themes, methods, and future trends
Authors: Pérez-Durán Ixchel
Published: November 2023

There is extensive literature on accountability, yet systematic research on the state of the art in the field of public administration is lacking. This research is essential to understand the aspects of accountability that have been studied and identify the primary findings and areas that require further investigation. This study seeks to address this gap by conducting a systematic literature review of 277 articles on accountability published in 15 leading public administration journals between 1996 and 2021. This review aims to answer the following questions: What types of accountability have been examined? To what extent has accountability been investigated as a dependent or an explanatory variable? Which methodological approaches dominate, and which cases are more commonly examined? What are the current challenges and future research trends?

Points for practitioners

Two dimensions to consider when examining accountability are supply-side accountability, which centers on traditional government models, and demand-side accountability, which underscores the role of citizens and multiple forums. The interaction between the supply and demand sides leads to various types of accountability, encompassing vertical, horizontal, hybrid, and social accountability. Core approaches used for measuring accountability include formal, informal, voluntary, and felt accountability.
Mobilizing Professors’ Support of Digital Change: Multi-Level Insights on IT Resources as a Boundary Condition
Authors: Straatmann Tammo , Kanitz Rouven , Stride Christopher , Hofmann Yvette E. , Steinberg Ulf
Published: November 2023

The success of top-down digital change initiatives in higher education institutions (HEIs) largely depends on the support of professors as change recipients and catalysts within their departments. For effectively managing change, a better understanding of how process factors under management control (i.e., vision communication, change facilitation, participation opportunities, change coordination) simultaneously relate to professors’ cognitive and behavioral change support is crucial. Moreover, we examine how department-level IT resources as a context factor shape process–reaction relationships. Based on data from 1,400 professors nested in 258 departments within German HEIs, multilevel regression analyses support the relevance of vision communication, change facilitation, and participation opportunities — but not of change coordination. As department-level IT resources increase, vision communication more strongly relates to cognitive change support, pointing to unexplored higher-level boundary conditions of vision communication. Our study advances knowledge about mobilizing change support and managing top-down change with limited top-down influence to impose change.
Nanomechanical properties of sized and de-sized carbon fiber reinforced polypropylene composites
Authors: Ahmed Khalil , Qin Xiaohong , Yang Yuqiu
Published: November 2023

Most of the research to date has focused on tailoring the interphase adhesion by controlling the degree of chemical bonding between fiber and resin. However, recent studies suggest that apart from chemical bonding, mechanical interlocking plays a crucial role to enhance the interphase thickness and hence the interfacial shear strength. In this study, the effect of textured carbon fiber surface on the interphase thickness, and interfacial shear strength has been studied and analyzed. The hot water was used to remove the epoxy-based sizing agent from the carbon fiber (sized CF) surface and thereby to create a textured surface morphology in de-sized one (De-sized CF). To study the distinctions of the interphase between sized and de-sized CF/PP composites, the Derjaguin-Muller-Toporov (DMT) modulus by Peak Force Quantitative Nano-Mechanics (PF-QNM) was applied to determine the interphase thickness and its nanomechanical properties. It was found that no chemical changes occurred after hot water treatment albeit the surface morphology of de-sized carbon fiber became textured. The average interphase thickness in de-sized CF/PP composites was found to be 84.17% higher (212.9 ± 21 nm) as compared to 115.6 ± 21 nm in sized CF/PP composites. This study shows the potential for using mechanical interlocking effects without significantly affecting the chemical bonding, to improve the interphase thickness in fiber reinforced composites.
Relationship Between Athletes’ History of Stressors and Sport Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Chyi Theresa , Lu Frank J. H. , Hsieh Yun-Che , Hsu Ya-Wen , Gill Diane L. , Fang Bin-Bin
Published: November 2023

A history of stressors in athletes represents psychosocial factors that may lead to sport injury. However, empirical studies have provided varying results for the relationship between stress history and sport injury. We examined prior literature on the stress history - sport injury relationship within a systematic review and, by meta-analysis, we offered a pooled estimate of the strength of this relationship. We searched seven major academic databases (Sportdiscus, Psyinfo, Academic Search Premier, Ovid, Scopus, Web of Science, and PubMed) from January 2000 to September 2023 and identified 19 empirical studies that examined injuries in sports contexts for meta-analysis. In 19 empirical studies of moderate to high publication quality, we found moderate heterogeneity (Q(17) = 98.61; p < .001), low sensitivity (I2 77.82–83.77), and low publication bias (Z-value = 7.74; p < .001). Further, using a random effect estimate-r, we found a low but significant correlation between stress history and sport injury, yielding a small overall effect size (ES) of r = .12. Furthermore, moderation analyses found adolescents ( r = .14), contact-sport athletes ( r = .09), non-elite athletes ( r = .13), and non-European athletes (America r = .16; Asia r = .14; Oceania r = .14) to have a relatively higher ES than their counterparts in this stress history/sport injury relationship. We concluded that inevitable life stressors may lead to many negative consequences for athletes, such that sports professionals should provide stress management educational programs to enhance athletes’ health and well-being.
Making Opinions Public: Polling and Democratic Responsiveness in South Korea
Authors: Kim Sunmin , Lee Taeku
Published: November 2023

Polling the public is commonly assumed to be a democratic practice—a scientifically based proxy for instantaneous elections to enhance the marketplace of ideas and inform elite political actors. This normative underpinning of polling is rarely scrutinized. This article interrogates this “black box” of democracy by examining political polling in a recently democratized context: South Korea. Drawing on twenty-three in-depth elite interviews of pollsters, journalists, campaign experts, and academics, we find that polling is not merely a technique to measure the public's political views, nor is it straightforwardly a democratic practice. Rather, polling is an independent field with its own distinctive norms, hierarchy, and logic of operation. While the Korean polling experts we interviewed endeavor to make moral meaning out of their enterprise and adhere to the view that polling, properly conducted, is democracy-enhancing, they also reveal moments of questionable reliance on polling as a proxy for politics, endemic challenges to the quality of poll data, and the vulnerability of polling technology to error and manipulation. By juxtaposing normative assumptions alongside an empirical, everyday account of polling in practice, we tell a critical and cautionary tale of the technical apparatuses that connect representatives to their constituencies.
The Rise of Public Sector Unions in the Twenty-First Century: A Theoretical, Mixed-Methods Approach with Evidence from Argentina
Authors: Etchemendy Sebastián , Lodola Germán
Published: November 2023

Public sector unions are increasingly becoming the hegemonic contemporary labor actor in terms of membership and militancy in both advanced and emerging economies. However, political economy lacks a unified theoretical approach to study mobilization by state unions. The analysis of public sector union politics has been largely separated by regional (United States vs. Europe vs. Global South) and disciplinary (American politics vs. comparative politics/political sociology) divides. We contend that though both public and private workers belong to the subaltern classes, public sector union politics and mobilization have different foundations than in the private sector. Unlike private unions, state labor mobilization is essentially driven by what we call the “reverse economic cycle” (militancy increases in bad—rather than good—economic times), by the legal enforcement of bargaining rights (which in contrast to the private sector substantially varies across and within democracies), and by the likelihood of a political exchange between labor and the government. Argentine teachers between 2006 and 2019 provide an ideal laboratory to test this argument through a multilevel (i.e., national and subnational), mixed-methods strategy, which includes comparative and statistical assessments.
Accuracy and Response Time for Modus Ponens Syllogisms Vary by Controversial Topic and Categorical Emotion
Authors: Kelley Leslie J. , Espinoza Anissia , Curtis Drew A. , Randell Adam , Abuharthieh Adam K.
Published: November 2023

Researchers have documented differential effects of emotion on cognitive processes, debating whether emotion may increase or decrease the response time and accuracy of logical thinking. The current study proposed that differences may be due to variability occurring across topic and categorical emotions, such that assessment of several basic emotional responses in the context of performing logical reasoning tasks may provide an initial indication of these differences. Utilizing modus ponens syllogisms composed of controversial statements, the current study evoked a variety of emotional responses and tested the accuracy of participants’ basic logical thinking. Results indicated that logical skills were largely preserved despite the topic and emotion, nonetheless, accuracy varied across syllogism type (controversial vs. control), with increased accuracy on controversial syllogisms. Syllogisms rated as evoking no emotion were answered more accurately than those that evoked any emotion, with disgust and anger associated with less accuracy than no emotion and gladness associated with increased accuracy. Response times also differed across syllogism type, emotion, and emotion intensity.
Transforming Passive Employee Engagement Into Active Engagement: Supervisor Development Feedback Valences on Feedback-Seeking Behavior
Authors: Liu Shuwei , Wang Jiyong , Wang Rui
Published: November 2023

Employees’ feedback-seeking behavior is an important way to develop and maintain self-awareness and interpersonal acuity, reduce uncertainty, boost creativity and improve innovative behavior and performance. Especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home has become the new normal, supervisor feedback and employees feedback-seeking has an increasingly important impact on team creativity and team innovation performance.In the practice of organizational management, there is frequently a “feedback vacuum” between managers and employees. There is increasing research on feedback-seeking behavior in the field of OBHRM. This paper is the first to evaluate the impact of work meaning and positive attributions on workers’ feedback-seeking behavior, and the cross-level effects of supervisor development feedback including variable valence. The paper analyzes supervisor-employee paired data from 158 supervisors and 659 employees using multi-source, multi-temporal data to draw the following conclusions: (1) Positive supervisor development feedback has a significant cross-level positive effect on employee feedback-seeking behavior, whereas negative supervisor development feedback does not affect employee feedback-seeking behavior; (2) Work meaningfulness mediates the cross-level relationship between positive supervisor development feedback and employees’ feedback-seeking behaviors, whereas negative supervisor development feedback and employees’ feedback-seeking behaviors do not; (3) Positive attributions positively moderate the relationship between positive supervisor development feedback and work meaningfulness; while positively moderating the relationship between negative supervisor development feedback and work meaningfulness; (4) Positive attributions have a moderating effect on supervisor development feedback that influences the indirect relationship to feedback-seeking behavior by work meaningfulness.
The Mediating Roles of Affect Lability and Experiential Avoidance Between Distress Tolerance and Suicidal Ideation Among College Students
Authors: Baker Shelby N. , Burr Emily K. , De Leon Ardhys N. , Leary Angelina V. , Rozek David C. , Dvorak Robert D.
Published: November 2023

Objective: Suicidal ideation (SI) is highly prevalent among college students. Research has shown that college students are also more likely to experience low distress tolerance, affect lability, and experiential avoidance, which have been linked to SI. There is a critical need to examine the mechanisms that increase the risk of SI among college students. It is hypothesized that distress tolerance will be a strong predictor of SI, and affect lability as well as experiential avoidance will mediate this relationship. Participants and Methods: Participants ( n = 820) from a Southeastern University completed an online survey, inquiring about demographic information, affect lability, SI, experiential avoidance, and distress tolerance. Data were analyzed utilizing structural equation modeling. Results: Distress tolerance was not directly related to SI. However, affect lability and experiential avoidance were found to mediate this relationship. Conclusions: Affect lability and experiential avoidance may be important predictors of SI among college students.
Using the Body to Retrieve the Soul: Learning From Modern Chinese Shaman Phenomenology of the Body
Authors: Feng Kan
Published: November 2023

This commentary attends to religion and the body as a philosophical approach to decentering Western and Christian traditions in understanding of spiritual healing. Prior soul-centered shamanic soul retrieval theories cannot explain the beliefs and practices of modern Chinese shamans. This commentary draws upon phenomenology of the body to assert that soul retrieval of Chinese shamans is not a purely spiritual mystical event or a purely material event. Rather, it is both. Shamans utilize a body technique to adjust, configure, and reposition the dislocated state of the patient’s body by temporarily sharing a body ( einleibung) with the patient. Providing this context can foster new approaches to understanding religious and spiritual healing.
From Savoring Past Trips to Craving Future Journeys: The Role of Destination Cultural Capital and Enjoyable Reminiscence
Authors: Sun Danni , Wong IpKin Anthony , Huang Guoqiong Ivanka , Kim Jong-Hyeong , Liu Matthew Tingchi
Published: November 2023

What is destination cultural capital, and what is its role in tourism? The present inquiry addressed these questions by examining a mediated relationship among perceived destination cultural capital, impression in memory, brand love, enjoyable reminiscence, and revisit intention based on cultural capital theory and mental time travel perspective. It further draws on shattered assumptions theory to underscore the boundary conditions of COVID-19 worries and meaning in life. By undertaking three empirical studies, this investigation offers a mechanism that explains how reminiscences of past travel memories could galvanize interest in future voyages during the new normal. This inquiry broadens the scope of cultural capital in tourism scholarship and identifies its role in tourists’ beliefs through a cognitive–affective moderated dyadic process. It enriches the literature by providing a theoretical synthesis of the shattered assumptions and cultural capital perspectives, one that links mental time and corporeal travel.
Understanding Disrespectful Tourist Behavior Through Tourists’ Stereotyped Perceptions
Authors: Im Angie Yeonsook , Kim Dae-Young
Published: November 2023

Disrespectful tourist behavior is rampant and has jeopardized the sustainability of many destinations. Despite the prevalence and detrimental impact of such behavior, existing knowledge regarding the psychological factors causing such behavior is scarce. This study investigates the impact of tourists’ perceptions of residents, through the lens of social stereotypes, on the manifestation of disrespectful behavior. Two quantitative survey studies, with sample sizes of 308 and 303, respectively, assess the tripartite connection between tourists’ stereotyped perception of residents, affective reactions toward the destination, and moral disengagement on a range of tourist misbehavior. The results of the study suggest that tourists’ stereotypical views of locals influence affective reactions in response to the destination. Tourists’ positive affective responses are negatively associated with moral disengagement, whereas negative emotions about the destination are likely to increase moral disengagement, the degree of which is moderated by perceived power. Theoretical and practical implications for the field are also discussed.
Unlocking Potential: Macro Insights Into the Evolution of a Multi-Destination Tourism Innovation Network
Authors: Sun Panpan , Lin Zhibin , Chen Chunfa
Published: November 2023

This study investigates the evolution of a multi-destination tourism innovation network, focusing on the city destination as the unit of analysis. We analyzed a 21-year panel dataset of China’s Yangtze River Delta’s tourism innovation network. Results show that the network has evolved from simplicity and looseness to complexity and compactness. Geographical proximity, differences in tourism development foundations, research institutes, and research investments have a positive impact on network evolution, while economic and technological differences exert a negative influence, albeit with varying degrees of impact at different stages. Notably, the convergence of regional economies emerges as a critical driver of network connections. The study broadens the scope of tourism innovation research from a macro perspective. Findings suggest that developed cities should lead regional tourism innovation, promote openness, and engage with less-developed cities, while local governments within the network should support coordinated growth and invest in inter-city transportation and developing tourism resources.
Why do Experiments Fail? Six Practical Suggestions for Successful Online Experiments
Authors: Kim Jungkeun
Published: November 2023

Experiments are frequently used in the travel and hospitality literature to provide stronger evidence of causal relationships between various constructs. Recently, despite the use of online platforms for experimental studies, such studies have often failed to find significant results, as expected. To increase the probability of obtaining significant results for experiments using online panels, this paper suggests six practical recommendations across three categories: (i) handling less homogenous online participants; (ii) understanding and managing different motivations and abilities in online participants; and (iii) using effective and transparent experimental designs and procedures. This paper provides the results of three empirical investigations to support these recommendations.
The Ambiguity of Betrayal: Contesting Myths of Heroic Resistance in South Africa
Authors: Mrovlje Maša
Published: November 2023

Hegemonic practices of memorialization rely on narratives of heroic, morally untainted resistance, which cast traitors as the aberrant “other.” This paper draws on Simone de Beauvoir’s The Ethics of Ambiguity and historical and sociological accounts of betrayal to trouble this binary and construct a framework for memorializing betrayal in its ambiguity—in relation to the everyday reality of tragic dilemmas that resisters face. I show how attentiveness to the ambiguity of betrayal can help rethink heroic resistance myths beyond the exclusionary logic pitting moral purity against the depravity of treason—and warn against the reproduction of systematic practices of othering in the new political order. The paper develops the political relevance of this theoretical exploration via the example of a South African novel, The Texture of Shadows, examining how its insights into the ambiguity of betrayal challenge the myths of heroic resistance in South Africa.
Collective Creativity and Innovation: An Interdisciplinary Review, Integration, and Research Agenda
Authors: Acar Oguz A. , Tuncdogan Aybars , van Knippenberg Daan , Lakhani Karim R.
Published: November 2023

Collective creativity and innovation are key determinants of various important outcomes ranging from competitiveness of an organization to GDP growth of a country. As a result, this topic has attracted widespread scholarly interest from different disciplines, including strategic management, entrepreneurship, production and operations management, information systems, marketing, organizational behavior, sociology, economics, and psychology. However, this research remained isolated within disciplinary boundaries, which presents a major barrier for knowledge accumulation and cross-disciplinary learning. In this review, building on a new taxonomy of collectivity, we develop an integrative framework that organizes and synthesizes the fragmented research on the topic. The framework shows how antecedents related to the cognitive, social, and organizational architecture of a collective impact innovation depending on the collectivity type: attention-based, divergence-based, and convergence-based collectives. As a whole, our framework builds an integrative understanding of drivers of collective creativity and innovation and sets the stage for further theory development by facilitating communication across different disciplines. We conclude our review with an agenda for future research.
Neighborhood Food Accessibility and Health Disparity: Examining the Impact of COVID-19 Using Spatial Models
Authors: Oh Sung Eun Sally , Kwon Daeyoung , Kim Brian H. S.
Published: November 2023

COVID-19 exacerbated food system vulnerabilities globally. This study assesses the impact of shock events on food accessibility in New York City (NYC) by examining its association with neighborhood characteristics between 2019 and 2020. We model food accessibility using socioeconomic and built environment factors, adjusting for spatial effects with spatial econometric models and geographically weighted regression (GWR). Our spatial modeling methods reveal diverging relationships between minority racial/ethnic groups and food accessibility, as well as a negative change in the effect of income. Overall, our results indicate that food accessibility worsened or polarized during the pandemic, suggesting the need for improved network connectivity and smaller-scale food stores to achieve equitable and resilient food systems.
Padua and Venice: The first complete translations of Shakespeare's plays
Authors: Bianco Francesca
Published: November 2023

For the Italian cultural milieu, the second half of the eighteenth century is an important moment: along with the rest of Europe, Italy participates in the debate about the theory and practice of vertere. As a result, it is during this period that the discovery and reception of Shakespeare's works begins to take place. This article aims at showing how Italian translation techniques changed and improved over time, and how literati as Melchiorre Cesarotti, Francesco Gritti, and Giustina Renier Michiel contributed to a new literary taste during a complex period in which several poetic genres coexisted.
‘Tried and tutord in the world’: Shakespeare, Padua, and the figure of the traveller
Authors: Stamatakis Chris
Published: November 2023

This article locates Shakespeare's Padua, a prestigious site of humanistic learning and eloquence, amidst allusions by his contemporaries. Emphasis is placed on the pleasure and profit derived from travel for pedagogic purposes, yet Shakespeare appears to give equal weight to commonplace fears about the potentially deforming distractions that alluring Italian cities offer unwary English travellers, and about the rival, licentious pleasures that might ensnare and corrupt unsuspecting youth. The final section offers an alternative portrait from the period, hinted at by Shakespeare: travel is recuperated as a readerly activity, and Italy is reconceived of as a text to read, quote, and imitate.
Book exchange and Anglo-Italian relations in the Padua circle of Reginald Pole and Niccolò Leonico Tomeo
Authors: Steenson Allison L
Published: November 2023

This article considers the correspondence network centring around a young Reginald Pole and his tutor Niccolò Leonico Tomeo in Padua during the first half of the 1520s, when, as a student at the beginning of his career, Pole first resided in the Veneto region. Here, this article discusses a specific aspect highlighted in the exchanges between Pole, Leonico, and their circle of mostly English and Italian friends, i.e., the circulation of books and knowledge. Within this framework, this article investigates the relationship between textual exchange, social bonds, and political and professional advancement within a prominent humanist circle.
Before Shakespeare, during the Renaissance: John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester (d. 1470) and the uses of Padua
Authors: Rundle David
Published: November 2023

This article introduces the deep background to the interest in Italy and specifically Padua displayed by Shakespeare and his contemporaries by attending to the contrasts between their knowledge and that of English characters from a century earlier. Our guide will be John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester (d. 1470). He was both well-travelled and much-hated in his homeland: he was accused of bringing home from his time abroad ‘the law Padowe’, that is, ‘the law of Padua’ – a penchant for summary justice and grisly execution. This article considers what Tiptoft's life and afterlife tells us about the changing place of Padua in the English imagination.
Becoming a good wife: Nature and habits in Paduan medical culture in the age of Shakespeare
Authors: Rinaldi Massimo
Published: November 2023

The Renaissance debate on the passions of the soul develops in an atmosphere of intellectual mediations that forges new anthropological codes for the social control of affections. This contribution focuses on some medical texts on passions, circulating in Padua during the sixteenth century, which attempt to answer, on theoretical and therapeutic levels, the questions raised by the confrontation between mores and temperamenta: is it possible to activate a process of domestication of the passions that could bring behavioural deviance within the norm? What are the boundaries of adequate moral or social conduct for a scolding young woman?
Editorial introduction: From Paradise to Padua
Authors: Petrina Alessandra
Published: November 2023

This introductory section offers an overview of allusions and references to Padua in Middle English writing, dwelling on Geoffrey Chaucer's allusion to Padua and Petrarch in the Clerk's Prologue as well as on Herod the Great's reference in the Towneley medieval play, highlighting how early on in English imagination Padua became connoted as a faraway, exotic place, as well as a seat of learning. The introduction then continues by presenting the contributions that follow to this special issue on Shakespeare and Padua, and setting them in dialogue with one another.
Shakespeare's Italian place-myths: The Padua–Verona–Mantua nexus
Authors: Elam Keir
Published: November 2023

This article aims to explore Shakespeare's poetics of Italian places and place names, with particular regard to the nexus between Padua, Verona, and Mantua. The primary text of reference is The Taming of the Shrew, especially in relation to John Florio's bilingual conversation manual, Second frutes (1590). While Padua, in this and other plays, is represented as a cultural hub, Mantua, by contrast, is often figured as a spatial elsewhere, a heterotopia or ‘badlands’ associated with transgression and violent death. At the same time, Mantua is at the centre of Renaissance culture, thereby constituting a paradoxical space.
Contemporary probation practice: Some reflections on social class
Authors: Coley David
Published: November 2023

The role that social class plays within the desistance journeys of individuals on probation is largely unexplored. This lack of understanding is acknowledged as a limitation within theorising around desistance processes. It also prompts questions as to the awareness of class and classism issues amongst probation staff and their practice approaches within this difficult area of professional application. This reflective paper offers some discussion areas in which probation staff can collectively consider their experiences within this field, as well as those under their supervision. It is suggested that this topic requires greater attention amongst all involved in providing probation services.