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Tab the lab: A typology of public sector innovation labs
Authors: Stoll Aline , Andermatt Kevin C
Published: October 2024

Many public sector organizations set up innovation laboratories in response to the pressure to tackle societal problems and the high expectations placed on them to innovate public services. Our understanding of the public sector innovation laboratories’ role in enhancing the innovation capacity of administrations is still limited. It is challenging to assess or compare the impact of innovation laboratories because of how they operate and what they do. This paper closes this research gap by offering a typology that organizes the diverse nature of innovation labs and makes it possible to compare various lab settings. The proposed typology gives possible relevant factors to increase the innovation capacity of public organizations. The findings are based on a literature review of primarily explorative papers and case studies, which made it possible to identify the relevant criteria. The proposed typology covers three dimensions: (1) value (intended innovation impact of the labs); (2) governance (role of government and financing model); and (3) network (stakeholders in the collaborative arrangements). Comparing European countries and regions with regards to the repartition of labs shows that Nordic and British countries tend to have broader scope than continental European countries.

Points for practitioners

Public sector innovation (PSI) labs can help to approach innovation collaboratively across organizational boundaries. It is, however, necessary in this context to find the setup that best addresses an organization's needs or strategic ambitions. The proposed typology is based on criteria relevant for designing PSI labs. Being able to distinguish the different labs helps practitioners to choose models that fit their purposes and learn from existing labs.
Modifying 3D composite textiles as functional panels
Authors: Hashima Wael A. , Abd El-Aziz Manar Y. , Mohamed Hatem Kh , Mustafa Eman
Published: October 2024

Honeycomb fabric-reinforced composites have been widely used recently, due to their prominent properties, when compared to other materials. This is because they are lighter in weight and stronger than other materials. Thus, they can absorb different types of energies, such as mechanical and thermal energies. A multi-layer fabric is developed by creating a unique fabric structure, to enable the presence of air voids within the panels produced, which diminishes the heat transfer rate through the material. The structure applied in samples used in this manuscript is novel, as it consists of a 3D fabric produced using a traditional loom with a special technique, by dividing the warp yarns into four layers. A skin of textile, produced from textile wastes, is applied, along with the technique of hardening the 3D fabrics to keep the open areas in the structure with the aid of pre-designed pins and a resin. The composite panel was produced with the pins used to open the fabric’s structure, and the resin was applied as a matrix holding the structure and keeping its dimensions. Panels of the 3D fabric-reinforced composite obtained from cotton and polyester yarns were produced, to achieve thermal insulation and good mechanical properties, which enable the use of the fabric in various applications. The fabric has two panels of each material, one with skin and the other without skin. This skin consists of low-quality fabric, mainly made from textile wastes. The physical and mechanical characteristics of the developed panels were measured. Functional performance, such as thermal and sound properties, were also measured. Testing thermal conductivity, it was found that panels made of cotton had higher conductivity than panels made of polyester. In addition, the presence of the skin improved the thermal insulation and mechanical strength of the panels compared to those without skin. In mechanical testing, polyester-based panels showed better mechanical properties than panels based on cotton. In sound absorption testing, all samples reached the limits for sound absorption. The number of layers affected the sound absorption coefficient (SAC) and the noise reduction coefficient (NRC). Also, the presence of the skin improved NRC. Finally, all samples had an aesthetic appearance, due to the presence of surface waves, but the sample containing the polyester material, with double layers, and the laminated skin made of waste fabric had the highest functional panel performance, in terms of radar chart areas. This means that it can be used in the field of architecture as a façade panel or as an indoor wall used for isolation, which do not require paint.
Authoritarian innovations in the Polish industrial relations: From liberal to illiberal illusory corporatism?
Authors: Mrozowicki Adam
Published: October 2024

The article addresses the problem of ‘authoritarian innovations’ in labour governance in Poland, understood as new government practices that maintain the semblance of social dialogue while limiting the influence of unions. Unlike most studies that analyse authoritarian practices since the right-wing Law and Justice Party came to power in Poland in 2015, this analysis takes a longer historical perspective. Drawing from Ost's thesis of ‘illusory corporatism’, it argues that a fundamental element of neoliberal transformation in Poland after 1989 was the introduction of weak tripartite institutions used to suppress social conflicts while complying with international standards. Based on documentary analysis and 37 expert interviews with social partners, the article shows how authoritarian innovations introduced in the 1990s have undermined worker participation and tripartite social dialogue in the context of two crises: the global financial crisis of 2008–12 and the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020–22. Comparing the role of social dialogue in shaping the responses of liberal and illiberal governments to these different external shocks, the analysis demonstrates the continuity and evolution of authoritarian innovations in labour governance in Poland and their implications for theoretical debates arounds corporatism.
Between labour control and worker empowerment: Authoritarian innovations and democratic reforms in Mexico
Authors: Anner Mark , Fischer-Daly Matthew , Ramírez Cirila Quintero
Published: October 2024

This paper analyses authoritarian innovations in the industrial relations arena in Mexico since 2018. Historically, corporatist ties with union elites allowed the government to control labour at the workplace level and resist substantive labour reforms at the national level through ‘ghost unions’ and ‘protection contracts’. Since the election of Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the left-oriented MORENA party, the government has implemented labour reforms and a reformed trade and investment treaty with the US and Canada that includes stronger labour provisions. These changes opened new possibilities for independent, democratic, and strong unionism and thus the potential for worker empowerment. Yet authoritarian innovations embedded in the national and regional reforms have limited labour's power. These meso-level mechanisms include: state bureaucratic control over union formation, collective bargaining and the right to strike; 2 state support for incumbent union control over worker voting processes; and exclusion of sectors from access to redress under an inter-state trade and investment treaty (USMCA). The authors explore this argument through case studies involving agriculture, auto parts, and maquiladora workers in three regions of Mexico.
The interface between authoritarian innovations and labour: Implications for the Indian workforce
Authors: Noronha Ernesto , D’Cruz Premilla
Published: October 2024

On assuming office in 2014, India's BJP-led government initiated an ambitious plan to facilitate the ease of doing business, aiming to make India an attractive investment destination. Interview data from 20 trade union leaders and an expert and published data from ILO, government and trade union documents and newspaper archives reveal that, to advance this neoliberal agenda, the government did not use direct and obvious repressive tactics as was the case during the 1976 Emergency, but rather, a combination of discourse, manipulation of democratic institutions like the Parliament and a strategy for disengaging and disempowering the unions that oppose reforms. The new Labour Codes provide a facade for tackling the perennial problem of union recognition and collective bargaining that has plagued Indian industrial relations, but in their implementation, these Codes are likely to weaken unions and erode working conditions. The government's practices attempt to obscure precariousness and silence civil society organisations by imposing unprecedented restrictions on them and disengaging with them. Today, more than ever before, employment in India tends towards informality. Rather than strengthening unions, the government has created fissures in the labour movement by using the unions affiliated with it to manufacture a democratic debate on various pertinent issues, like the Labour Codes.
A Forensic Investigation and Critique of Suicidal Ideation Reported in a Turnaway Study
Authors: Reardon David C.
Published: October 2024

In a published report of suicidal ideation rates drawn from the Turnaway Study, the abortion advocacy group Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) asserted that their findings proved that abortion has no effect on suicidal ideation. Therefore, laws requiring notification of abortion's link to higher suicide rates were not based on good science. But how good is the science ANSIRH offers to displace the evidence of an abortion-suicide connection? The Turnaway Study upon which they rely is drawn from a non-random, non-representative convenience sample that suffered from a 68% refusal rate and a 50% attrition rate. No conclusions applicable to the general population of aborting women can be drawn from such a sample. Moreover, on closer examination, ANSIRH's suicidal ideation trajectory analysis is severely flawed and violates Strengthening the Reporting of Observational studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines. Basic and critical information is withheld, specifically the mean scores and number of women identified as having suicidal thoughts. Instead, readers are provided with only highly massaged results from a mixed-effects logistic regression employing thirteen covariates that appear to have been chosen precisely to water down the confidence intervals to such a high degree that virtually nothing was statistically significant. In addition, ANSIRH suggested that an attrition analysis of three of the covariates used strengthened the reliability of their finding. However, the fact that they chose not to report on attrition rates associated with the other ten covariates, much less the two outcome variables related to suicidal ideation, actually exposes the falsity of this reliability claim. Rather than proving that abortion has no effect on suicidal behaviors, ANSRIH's published analysis provides evidence of deliberate obfuscation and disinformation by a group funded and dedicated to the expansion of abortion rates around the world.
What Are Community Supervision Officers’ Knowledge and Views of Naloxone? An Exploratory Study
Authors: Belisle Linsey A. , Trejbalová Tereza , Kras Kimberly R.
Published: October 2024

Naloxone is a critical component in fighting the opioid epidemic, particularly for justice-involved individuals who are at an increased risk of drug-related deaths. However, numerous barriers to carrying the medication continue to exist for individuals under community supervision. Little is known about community supervision officers’ perceptions and knowledge surrounding Naloxone, which is critical in understanding barriers to Naloxone possession for those on supervision. To address this gap in the literature, this exploratory mixed-methods study gathered data through an online survey of community supervision officers ( n = 109). The findings suggest that while Naloxone is widely known among community supervision officers, there is a need for more consistent training to improve knowledge, address stigmas/misconceptions, and further equip officers to support overdose prevention through harm reduction. Future research on this topic is crucial to help address barriers to distributing and using Naloxone to reduce opioid overdose deaths among those on community supervision.
Integrated automatic parking path planning and trajectory tracking optimization method
Authors: Shi Junren , Su Yongkang , Piao Changhao , Tang Yingjie , Liang Yufei , Wang Zhongquan
Published: October 2024

Current automatic parking systems often separate path planning and trajectory tracking, increasing complexity and failing to meet the parking needs of autonomous cars. Consequently, this study presents an approach based on Multi-stage Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (MSNMPC) for integrated autonomous parking path planning and trajectory tracking optimization. The method represents the evolution of uncertainty parameters over time through a scenario tree, and the MSNMPC controller with a predictive horizon P defines P + 1 phases, each with specific cost and constraint functions that depend only on the vehicle state and control inputs of that phase to satisfy the constraints of all phases of the parking process. In addition, the method integrates path planning and tracking control into one optimization problem, which is solved online to achieve integrated parking control. Simulation confirms that, in comparison to MPC with RRT* hierarchical control, the integrated parking scheme of MSNMPC has less lateral error and offers superior flexibility and tracking performance. To verify the generality of the scheme, it was validated in the diagonal parking scenario and the vertical parking scenario, respectively. The results show that, compared to the control experiments, the parking elapsed time has been reduced by 10.76% and 9.02%, respectively, enhancing parking efficiency. In addition, the parking error has decreased by 30.77% and 38.46%, respectively, thus improving parking accuracy. Moreover, the minimum safe distance in the control scheme for addressing uncertainty factors is 0.7 m greater than that of the control experiments, meeting the driving requirements for driverless vehicles in parking scenarios.
“Alone on the road”: Loneliness among digital nomads and the use of social media to foster personal relationships
Authors: Miguel Cristina , Lutz Christoph , Perez-Vega Rodrigo , Majetić Filip
Published: October 2024

The “digital nomad” (DN) neotribe includes professionals who work remotely from different locations. Despite the benefits of digital nomadism (e.g. work flexibility, high mobility, and leisure-centeredness) and opportunities for meeting like-minded people, one of the consequences of the lifestyle may be loneliness. By using 30 in-depth interviews, this study explores the interaction between digital nomadism and loneliness. We conceptualize the DN lifestyle as a continuum that may, but does not have to, lead to feelings of loneliness. External factors such as lack of social support, often related to the capacity to stay in a place long enough to build a network or the social competence skills to connect with others, may contribute to greater levels of loneliness. Conversely, in line with networked individualism, we examine how DNs seek more control over constructing their own social networks in the context of a hyperindividualistic society. Instagram, Facebook groups, Slack, MeetUp, CouchSurfing, and Tinder are identified as key platforms for DNs to connect with people, especially for bridging social capital, whereas WhatsApp is used more for bonding social capital. The paper offers a timely discussion of the way that DNs use different social media platforms to overcome loneliness, forge intimate connections, and build community.
AI- and LLM-driven search tools: A paradigm shift in information access for education and research
Authors: Chowdhury Gobinda , Chowdhury Sudatta
Published: October 2024

The article reports on an exploratory study that assesses the results produced by emerging artificial intelligence (AI)- and large language model-driven search tools in response to a series of queries and prompts based on four scenarios of information-intensive tasks of university students and researchers. Sixteen questions and prompts were created based on four scenarios of information-intensive tasks of university students. Each of these questions and prompts was presented to six AI-driven search tools, and the results were manually checked to assess their suitability for specific user needs and contexts. Based on the findings, it was argued that while the AI-driven tools bring a paradigm shift in information access for education and research, outputs generated by these tools vary quite significantly. Choice of the right tool, framing the question and further prompting play a key role. Also, users need to scrutinise each output to check their quality and reliability in the context of the specific search tasks. It was concluded that further research is needed involving different user groups, scenarios and search tasks and different AI-driven search tools. Implications of the use of AI-driven search tools for libraries and scholarly databases, as well as for research and scholarship in different areas of information science, are discussed.
The Unsteady Balance Between Rock Climbing, Culture, and the Environment: An Independent Study
Authors: Nicholson Lucienne
Published: October 2024

This project will investigate the human impact that rock climbing has had on the natural environment across the United States, with a specific focus on bolting debates as well as the proliferation of the practice of climbing on Native American lands without permission. With this, it will also be considering the impact rock climbing has had on culture and the appreciation of the environment, and whether increased access to the sport through improving safety (bolting) has proved to be worth any detrimental effects it may have caused.
Creative musical activities in early childhood education: An analysis of teaching practices
Authors: Trujillo Galea Yolanda , Juárez Ramos Verónica
Published: October 2024

The aims of this quantitative descriptive research were to find out the involvement and training of generalist Early Childhood teachers in active in the school year 2023/2024 in the development of creative musical and sound activities. An online questionnaire was used to obtain socio-demographic data, creative self-concept, as well as the degree of training, importance attached to and use of certain creative music and sound activities, and statistical correlational analyses were carried out between the variables. In total 72 Early Childhood teachers responded to online questionnaire. The results indicated that, despite having no training in music or music pedagogy, Early Childhood teachers consider themselves to be creative, attach importance to these activities, and use them often. These findings can contribute to the establishment of national or regional standards for music teaching in early childhood education, as well as to the revision of early childhood teacher training in music education.
The quick response border: Pandemic biopolitics, affective complicities and flexible technologies
Authors: Lin Weiqiang , Frétigny Jean-Baptiste
Published: October 2024

For nearly three years, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had wrought disruptive border closures and network dissolutions in mobility systems of all kinds. Forwarding the concept of the Quick Response (QR) border, this article examines two technological interventions by which mobilities were ultimately revived. First, the removal of quarantine measures often assumed the rapid and mass vaccination of all. Second, the sorting of populations involved the pervasive and seductive use of QR-enabled digital ‘health passes’ to automatically confer and confirm biosecurity. Drawing on Singapore as a case study, the article argues that the remedial logics sparked by COVID-19 both mirror previous iterations of biopolitics, and breathe new intensities in them. In the context of our study, two characteristics of the QR border stand out: one, the heavy reliance of (this) biopolitics on affective consent and public cooperation; and two, the proliferation of trans-scalar and multi-purpose applications due to QR’s flexible automation. The article discusses the implications of these developments for the future of biopolitics and our complicities.
Action of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation on the venous wall: Histopathological analysis, insights, and perspectives
Authors: Casoni Paolo , Bissacco Daniele , Pizzamiglio Matteo , Nanni Emanuele , Serra Luigi
Published: October 2024

In the medical field, ultrasound is commonly used for diagnostic imaging due to its ability to provide real-time images. However, High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) is also used for other clinical purposes, such as thermal tissue ablation. In the case of varicose veins, the potential role and benefits of HIFU have been known for a long time despite in-vivo results have mostly been preliminary and experimental, particularly regarding its effect on venous wall. The aim of this brief report is to describe how HIFU acts on venous wall in human incompetent great saphenous veins.
Part C Early Intervention Procedural Safeguard Notices: Are They Supporting Parents to Understand Their Rights?
Authors: Cycyk Lauren M. , Griffin Madeleine , Gillis Margaret , Batz Ruby , Underwood Carrasco Veronica I. , Wease Savannah , Lim Sam , Jade Natalia , Zuckerman Katharine E.
Published: October 2024

A family-centered early intervention (EI) approach mandated by the U.S. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part C, means involving parents fully in EI and ensuring they know their legal rights and responsibilities for participating. However, many parents report difficulty accessing information and decision-making in EI. IDEA mandates all jurisdictions provide parents with a procedural safeguard notice (PSN) outlining parents’ rights and advocacy processes. Yet, it is unclear to what extent PSNs are accessible, particularly to parents with marginalized identities. This study analyzed PSNs from 56 Part C jurisdictions for the components required by law, understandability to the general public, and availability in multiple languages. The PSNs generally did not include all required information, necessitated grade-levels above high school, minimally attended to plain language, and were infrequently available in non-English languages, suggesting that many parents are prevented from information about EI. PSNs, therefore, are a source of bias in Part C.
Type-1-to-type-2 transition of brain microvascular pericytes induced by cytokines and disease-associated proteins: Role in neuroinflammation and blood-brain barrier disruption
Authors: Bohannon Diana G , Wellman Laurie L , Kaul Marcus , Galkina Elena V , Guo Ming-Lei , Datta Prasun K , Kim Woong-Ki
Published: October 2024

While the concept of pericyte heterogeneity in the brain microvasculature is becoming more widely accepted, little is known about how they arise, or their functional contributions to the blood-brain barrier (BBB). We therefore set out to examine the distribution of subtypes of pericytes at the BBB and sought to elucidate some of their functional characteristics by examining their unique mRNA expression patterns. We demonstrate that type-1 pericytes (PC1) that are associated with young healthy brains and BBB homeostasis, can transition into type-2 pericytes (PC2) that are associated with disease and BBB breakdown, both in vitro and in vivo, in the presence of both endogenous and disease associated ligands. We identified PC1 and PC2 in single-cell RNA-sequencing from vascular enriched mouse brain and identified transcriptional differences between PC1 and PC2. PC2 showed increased expression of genes associated with phagocytosis and peripheral immune cell infiltration. On the contrary, PC1 displayed increased expression of genes involved in hedgehog signaling, which is known to promote tight junction formation at the BBB. Our data support the PC1-to-PC2 transition as an origin of PC diversity and suggest a functional role for PC1 in maintaining BBB homeostasis and PC2 in responding to pathological conditions.
Effect of lanthanum on inclusions and solidification structure of alloy 800H
Authors: Mao Wangwang , Zhang Leru , Niu Zepeng , Liu Hui , Yu Yanchong , Zhang Jinling , Zhang Shuo , Yan Wei
Published: October 2024

Alloy 800H is commonly used in high temperatures and corrosive environments due to its exceptional strength and resistance to high temperatures, but the ingots are prone to longitudinal cracking during the hot working process because of its coarse solidification structure. Based on the heterogeneous nucleation effect of rare earth inclusions, a strategy is proposed to refine the solidification structure of alloy 800H by La treatment to solve the crack problem. In this study, four kinds of alloy 800H ingots (0, 120, 260 and 470 ppm La) were prepared to investigate the effect of La on the solidification structure. After adding La, the types of inclusion were changed, and the modification path of inclusions was Al2O3 (0 ppm La) → LaAlO3 (120 ppm La) → LaAlO3·La2O2S and La2O2S (260 ppm La) → La2O2S and La2O3 (470 ppm La). After adding La, the inclusion morphology tended to be more spherical and the average size smaller. The lattice misfit calculation indicated that La-containing inclusions can serve as heterogeneous nucleation cores, and the number of effective heterogeneous nucleation also increased with La content increased. The columnar to equiaxed transition occurred early with La treatment, the ratio of the equiaxed zone increased from 2.1% to 36.5%, and the average equiaxed grain size decreased from 2.56 to 0.43 μm with La content increased from 0 to 470 ppm. The solidification structure of alloy 800H was significantly refined by adding La, and can thus provide a new strategy to solve the crack problem.
The Temporal Continuity: Temple, Theatre and Anthropology
Authors: Choudhary Manisha
Published: October 2024

Traditionally, temples have been spaces meant for religious and spiritual activities— meditation, sacrifice, devotion and worship. Historically, temples have been understood as the dwelling spaces of spirits/gods. Therefore, they were natural sites of the community socialisation and exchanges. In Hinduism, temples are designed to bring human beings and gods together in a spiritual destination. Gradually, temples evolved and represented the economy, art, belief, faith and traditions of community or communities. All of these elements of the cosmic world such as good, evil and human are incorporated in temples. Basically, these are for reflecting the powers of unknown forces that are present in nature. These elements of the cosmic world are incorporated in the temples along with the cyclic notion of time. The essence of life was represented symbolically through dharma, kama, artha, moksa and karma, and temples became naturally chosen sites to represent these aspects.

However, throughout the ages, temples have undergone transformations. Due to this, temples are historical sites for understanding the historical processes and happenings around the temple structures. As time passed, temples became the surviving examples of temporal continuity.

Through this article, an attempt has been made to highlight the temporal continuity around a few temples, cultures and shrines of Rajasthan. The constant—continuity and change—pushed temporality as an essential feature which needs to be highlighted for a fuller understanding of the heterogeneous nature of the Thar Desert and its society.
The senomorphic impact of astaxanthin on irradiated rat spleen: STING, TLR4 and mTOR contributed pathway
Authors: Aziz Maha M , El-Sheikh Marwa M , Mohamed Marwa A , Abdelrahman Sahar S , Mekkawy Mai H
Published: October 2024

Objectives: Exposure of spleen tissues to ionizing radiation during radiotherapy can induce cellular stress and immune-dysfunction leading to cellular senescence. Introduction: The process of a cancerous development is facilitated by the accumulation of senescent cells. This justifies the incorporation of anti-senescent medications during splenic irradiation (SI). Methods: In this study senescence was induced in the spleen of male albino rats by radiation exposure (5Gy-single whole body gamma-irradiation) then after 2 weeks, oral astaxanthin regimen was started once daily in a dose of 25 mg/kg for 7 consecutive days. Concurrent control groups were carried out. Results: the present data reflected that irradiation provoked an increase in the oxidative stress biomarkers (nitric oxide, lipid peroxidation and total reactive oxygen species levels)and the inflammatory biomarkers (Myeloperoxidase and interleukin-6). In addition irradiation led to the over expression of stimulator of interferon genes (cGAS-STING), mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) along with the lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1 (p21) cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A (p16) increment with elevation of tumor suppressor protein (p53) level. However, reduced glutathione contents and catalase activity were reduced post irradiation in spleen tissues, all these changes reflecting induction of cellular senescence. Astaxanthin treatment showed an improvement in the antioxidant/oxidative stress balance, inflammatory biomarkers, histopathological examination and immunohistochemical expressions of the tested proteins in the irradiated rats. Conclusion: the current findings offer a new insight into the senomorphic effect of astaxanthin following radiation-induced spleen senescence via STING, mTOR, and TLR4 signalling pathways.
Making ourselves understood: Translation as a creative task
Authors: Korf Felix
Published: October 2024

Human evolution in groups has given us language. But it has also led to a present where it appears increasingly difficult to understand each other. Language can be used to clarify or to obscure; it can unite or separate. It is as if we speak different languages. (This is written in English as my own second language as a German.) Can thinking about actual linguistic differences help? A foreign language can be a barrier to communication—and learning or translating the language can become a bridge. Similarly, on a personal level (and in psychotherapy), a second language can be used defensively, when it creates a distance to the internal world—and it can be used creatively to rethink it. Group analysis in particular is faced with this dual potential, when members do not all share the same background.

Foulkes himself had to struggle with the English language, and (I suggest) turned the challenge into an opportunity for creative new ideas. Foulkes’s concept of translation embodies this creativity and carries it into the group-analytic model. This specific Foulkesian translation originates in the group-analytic situation and goes beyond the polarity of the passively translated and the active translator. The mutual task is unavoidable in our polyphonic international group of GASi.
What's care go to do with it? Feminism and the uncertain radical potential of care
Authors: Beasley Christine , Papadelos Pam
Published: October 2024

Feminist uses of the term ‘care’ actively contribute to ongoing debates about the kind of world we currently live in, as against the one we want to inhabit in the future – a contribution directed towards effecting positive change in the world. Unsurprisingly, the various ways feminists employ the term ‘care’ entail benefits and problems, as well as being the subject of intense debate. This paper aims to summarise and critically assess the main conceptual frameworks and associated debates within feminist perspectives on care. Analyses of care as labour, first- and second-generation feminist ‘ethics of care’, postmodern/poststructuralist and posthuman/new materialist uptakes and, finally, notions of ‘radical care’ are considered. In short, the paper explores the radical potential of care; specifically in feminist terms – that is, what is its potential for advancing progressive social change?
Creating (with) community: The value of collaboration in peace Science
Authors: Cunningham Kathleen Gallagher
Published: October 2024

This essay examines the roles of collaboration and challenging assumptions as key mechanisms for generating and developing research agendas in Peace Science. Successfully challenging assumptions requires that we identify meaningful differences from reality, show that retaining an assumption is problematic, and that the change has effects on outcomes we care about. Working with collaborators has important effects on our ability to question assumptions as we ask research questions, build theory, and create data.
Beyond Surfaces and Depths: An SFL Analysis of Fine Gradations of Meaning in Undergraduates’ Writing About Literature
Authors: Li Ruth
Published: October 2024

Students are expected to interpret the complexities and nuances of literary texts yet might struggle with interpreting texts in ways that are valued in literary studies. Examining students’ language choices can support instructors and students with developing concrete, explicit understandings of the ways language creates meanings in discourse. This study draws on the Appraisal framework within Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) to analyze essays from two introductory writing about literature courses. Findings illustrate that more proficient writers interpret possible significances using Appreciation and Engagement resources and construe subtle shades of significance using Graduation resources. This linguistic analysis illustrates the ways abstract qualities of literary interpretation including nuance can be seen in students’ specific language choices. By exposing the fine-grained elements of meaning in students’ writing, this study creates pathways toward stimulating students’ and instructors’ metalinguistic awareness of how specific language choices create disciplinarily-valued qualities of writing.
Parenting, Cultural Capital, and COVID-19: The Role of Parental Support for Latiné First-generation College Students
Authors: Ulerio Grevelin , Bednarek Mariana , Salusky Ida
Published: October 2024

Caregivers and families play a pivotal role in students’ college decision-making and ability to develop cultural capital (Carey, 2016). Although the deleterious effects of the COVID-19 pandemic required shifts and adjustments to parenting strategies, it is less clear how COVID-19 impacted parental support for emerging adults, particularly Latiné first-generation college students (FGCS). The current study used a qualitative, longitudinal method to examine how parental support informs cultural capital (Yosso, 2005) and whether it changed due to the pandemic for six (6) Latiné FGCS attending a medium-sized private university in the Midwest region of the United States. Interpretative phenomenological analysis revealed that Latiné FGCS caregivers fostered college-going familial capital, which facilitated the development of forms of cultural capital (aspirational and navigational capital) both before and after the transition to remote learning. Post pandemic, caregivers provided additional logistical and practical support related to students navigating physical space. Findings provide novel insight on the role caregivers provided Latiné FGCS at the onset of the pandemic. Strategies for how universities can engage caregivers and families in order to support Latiné FGCS is discussed.
Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Youth Digital Well-Being Research: Identifying Notable Developments, Persistent Gaps, and Future Directions
Authors: Davis Katie , Anderson Morgan , Yang Chia-Chen , Choukas-Bradley Sophia , Bell Beth T. , Slovak Petr
Published: October 2024

The purpose of this paper is to provide a broad, multi-disciplinary overview of key insights, persistent gaps, and future paths in youth digital well-being research from the perspectives of researchers who are conducting this work. Participants included 38 researchers representing diverse disciplinary fields from universities and research institutes spanning 12 countries. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 25 researchers via Zoom and hosted a two-day virtual convening with 26 researchers, 13 of whom had participated in the interviews. We employed reflexive thematic analysis to analyze the interview and convening data. Our analysis surfaced three notable developments in youth digital well-being research: (1) greater nuance in measures of young people’s social media experiences, (2) increased representation of diverse adolescents’ experiences, and (3) a growing number of interventions targeting youth digital well-being. Persistent gaps include a relative lack of cross-cultural work, particularly in the Global South, as well as culturally sensitive interventions that fit the needs and contexts of diverse youth. By examining existing research through the perspectives of researchers spanning multiple fields, we contribute a cross-disciplinary view on the current state of knowledge and identify priorities for youth digital well-being research.
Need-Based Promise Programs, Performance Funding Bonuses, and the Enrollment of Low-Income Students
Authors: Li Amy Y. , Liu Yimeng
Published: October 2024

Certain statewide promise programs require students to demonstrate financial need, while state performance funding policies sometimes incorporate a financial bonus that incentivizes colleges to enroll or graduate low-income students. We use data on public, 4-year colleges from 2007–2008 to 2019–2020, and incorporate difference-in-differences analyses and event studies. We find that colleges affected by promise programs in Louisiana, New York, and Washington observed no changes to the number and percent of first-time, full-time (FTFT) Pell grant recipients. Colleges in states subject to a performance funding bonus experienced no changes to the number and percent of FTFT Pell grants recipients, and colleges in Louisiana subject to both policies experienced no changes to either outcome.
Cooperation, Black Populism, and the Dilemma of Du Bois’s Racial Theory
Authors: Major Aaron
Published: October 2024

Double-consciousness has, for Du Bois, a dual meaning. It is both the experience of always seeing oneself through the eyes of the dominant race as an inferior, subjugated person and the experience of seeing the possibilities of a life free of racial hierarchy while living in a world defined by such hierarchy. By posing the duality of double-consciousness, Du Bois gave himself a problem that he spent much of his life grappling with: how does a life spent as a marginalized other create a vision of an ideal future and the belief that such a future is attainable through one’s own agency? Du Bois answered this question by pairing his social-constructionist account of race with an essentialist one, imbuing his theory of race with legacies of European, colonial discourse that undermine its value for contemporary anti-racist struggles. This paper argues that the solution to this dilemma is not found in Du Bois’s writings on race but in his empirical studies of Black associational and cooperative activity. These texts, read in the context of turn of the 20th-century Black Populism, offer an experiential, rather than an essentialist, solution to the problem of Black agency and Black emancipation put forward by the concept of double-consciousness.
Integration of Mindfulness Educational Innovation in Nursing Programs
Authors: Barnes Ashlee , Ko Arthur
Published: October 2024

Purpose: The study's purpose was to assess: (1) Students’ perceptions toward mindfulness interventions, and (2) Instructors’ perceptions in implementing mindfulness interventions in their classes. Study design: Descriptive study. Methods: A total of 96 students from the second-degree option and BSN programs in the host institution participated in a mindfulness intervention prior to course activities. The four mindfulness interventions utilized in this study included: music, meditation, guided breathing, and positive affirmation. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics on postintervention surveys. Findings: The mindfulness intervention was overwhelmingly received by the students and faculty as reflected in the result of the confidential postsurveys. The majority of the students and faculty felt that this mindfulness intervention was worth implementing in their course. Conclusion: The mindfulness intervention can promote students’ feelings of “at ease” and confidence prior to a nursing course activity.
The Lifestyle and Quality of Life Among Nursing Students
Authors: Putri Gabriela Pulin , Inggrini Isabela , Tanjung Nyza Adelya Delila , Pakpahan Martina , Purimahua Dora Irene
Published: October 2024

Nursing students will graduate as professional nurses and serve as community health role models. They need to start living a healthy lifestyle and having a good quality of life as soon as feasible. However, their attitudes and actions often reflect the opposite, as if their learning has little bearing on their lives. This study examines nursing students’ lifestyle and quality of life, as well as the relationship between lifestyle and quality of life at a private university in Tangerang, Indonesia. This study is cross-sectional. The population comprised up to 220 third-year nursing students from one of Tangerang's private universities. The sample size was 147 students, drawn from convenience sampling. Data were collected online using the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire and a lifestyle questionnaire that has been validated and reliable. The findings revealed that most students had a healthy lifestyle (72.1%) but a low quality of life (62.6%). Furthermore, there was a significant association between lifestyle and quality of life in nursing students ( p-value 0.003). Nursing students must maintain a healthy lifestyle to have a good quality of life. Building quality of life in nursing students is crucial since it can improve their overall well-being and future care quality.
Beyond the Stereotype: Exploring Monetary Donations and Volunteerism Among People With Disabilities
Authors: Lee Jonghwa , Son Youngeun , Kim Ha-Neul
Published: October 2024

This study aims to provide empirical evidence supporting the perception of people with disabilities as givers and to explore their giving behaviors. Utilizing data from 2019 Social Survey by Statistics Korea, the study combined resource theory and selective optimization with compensation (SOC) theory to compare monetary donations and volunteer behaviors between people with disabilities and people without disabilities while identifying factors that influence giving behavior among people with disabilities. The study findings revealed that people with disabilities participate in giving behaviors despite resource scarcity, and disability had no significant effect on volunteer hours. Social and cultural resources were significant factors that influenced the amount of donations and hours of volunteering among people with disabilities. In addition, a mutual spillover effect was observed between donation amounts and volunteer hours. Such findings highlight the importance of lowering the barriers and connecting people with disabilities to giving behaviors.
Free vibration of flexible two links manipulator with variable cross-sectional areas
Authors: Masoumi Mani , Kohansal Nima , Eftekhari Mojtaba
Published: October 2024

This paper demonstrated the free vibration of a planar two-link flexible manipulator with harmonic drivers and non-uniformity in the cross-section of links. A dynamic model has been developed that incorporates flexibilities in both link and joint experiencing harmonic vibration, with joint flexibility modeled as torsional spring-inertia components combination. Two links were modeled based on Von Karman’s nonlinear strain relations and theory of the Euler-Bernoulli beam. The nonlinear governing equations were derived using the extended Hamilton’s principle for planar two-link flexible manipulators with variable cross-sections for each link. The coefficients of the obtained partial differential equations were as a function of spatial coordinates and were reduced to the ordinary differential equations for a family of cross-section geometries with exponentially varying widths of rectangular sections of each link. The frequency equation was obtained and analytical solutions of the vibration were achieved for different exponential shapes of each link (widening and narrowing beam for each link). Natural frequencies and mode shapes were presented for varying cross-section areas of the links. The effects of the end masses, payload, beam mass density, flexural rigidity ratio, and joint frequency were investigated on the mode shapes and natural frequencies when the power of the exponential function of the cross-sectional areas of two links was varied. The numerical results were verified with experimental results.
Research on traffic flow forecasting based on interactive dynamic meta-graph learning
Authors: Zhang Hong , Zhu Siyu , Zhang Xijun , Gong Lei
Published: October 2024

Traffic flow exhibits intricate dynamic spatial-temporal correlation. Aiming at the difficulty in capturing the long-term dependence and dynamic spatial correlations among concealed road nodes of in traffic flow, a new Interactive Dynamic forecasting model based on Meta-graph learning (Mega-ID) is proposed, which combines spatial-temporal transformer and interactive dynamic graph convolution (IDGCN) to optimize the Meta-graph module. Specifically, it optimizes a spatial-temporal meta-graph with memory and discrimination capabilities. The model introduces a Dynamic Graph Convolution (DGCN) embedded Interactive Learning structure, which simultaneously captures the hidden dynamic spatial correlations and long-term dependency of traffic flow. The experimental results demonstrate that the method proposed in this paper can capture the hidden dynamic spatial correlation and long-term dependence, leading to better forecasting performance compared to other baseline models.