bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Online News Media Portrayal of ADHD on the Websites of BBC and CNN International during the COVID‐19 Pandemic
Authors: Yücel Alev
Published: April 2023

Purpose. Individuals with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have experienced exacerbated symptoms and negative effects during the pandemic on both physical and mental health. However, the leading global news websites did not cover the vulnerabilities and special needs of individuals with ADHD in the context of the neurodiversity approach. I argue that both cnn.com and bbc.com did not incorporate the neurodiversity approach aiming to increase acceptance and inclusion of the differences without viewing them as deficits. Methods. The present study explores online news media portrayal of ADHD during the COVID‐19 pandemic through content analysis between March 2020 and October 2022. The news articles mentioning ADHD (64 from bbc.com and 56 from cnn.com) were analyzed. Results. Findings show that ADHD was dominantly framed as a medical issue, far from the neurodiversity perspective. Only 13 news articles among 64 (approximately 20%) on bbc.com and 4 among 56 (less than 10%) on cnn.com incorporated the neurodiversity approach that would benefit both individuals with ADHD and the whole society during the pandemic. Practice Implications. The findings show a need for more awareness of neurodiversity in the news media and a broader coverage of ADHD‐related neurodiversity during the pandemic.
Analysis of Climatic Model Using Fractional Optimal Control
Authors: Nadeem Muhammad , Habib Mustafa , Safdar Muntaha , Mwanakatwe Patrick Kandege
Published: April 2023

CO2 emissions are one of the most critical and challenging problems impacting the atmosphere. In order to reduce CO2 emissions, significant efforts must be put forward in advanced research. In this research, we propose a fractional optimal control approach to effectively deal with the accessible resources and minimize the restriction of variables. The mathematical model is formulated in terms of the Caputo fractional derivative. The formulated problem is numerically solved using a forward-backward sweep approach with the generalized Euler method. We present a numerical problem to obtain the optimal solution and show that the suggested process is very efficient in science and engineering problems.
Experimental Evaluation of Lightning and Weather Alert Methods in Rural India using LoRa and IoT Technology with Nanosensors
Authors: Nerella Ome , Ahmed Syed Musthak , Balakrishnan Praveen
Published: April 2023

Every year, ∼2,000 people are killed by lightning in India, with rural areas accounting for 94% of all lightning deaths. In rural locations, a weather and lightning alert system is crucial for alerting and raising awareness about severe weather and lightning. Only a few states in India have expensive lightning alert systems that send out alerts via SMS and mobile apps. Due to a lack of information about weather alert apps, poor network facility, low literacy, and less usage of smartphones, existing alert mechanisms is not reaching all rural populations. As a result, there is a need to build a low-cost lightning alert system in rural areas that alerts and creates awareness in advance about lightning to rural residents using a variety of alerting methods, such as announcements, sirens, WhatsApp, voice call alerts, and email, in addition to existing alert methods to overcome limitations of existing systems. In order to achieve this, we have developed an IoT- and long range (LoRa)-based weather stations, gateways, and announcement systems using ESP32, nanosensors (DHT11, BMP180, rain sensor, and LDR), lightning detector (AS3935), lightning emulator, Arduino Nano, SD card module, and speakers. This prototype is tested in real time by creating lightning radiation using an emulator shield and by monitoring environmental parameters. It sends an alert to authorized persons/village government officials/rural communities through WhatsApp, email, and voice call about abnormal weather situations with the help of cloud platforms. It also alerts and creates safety awareness to rural people in advance about lightning/critical weather condition through announcement system using loudspeakers. In the future, the proposed system will be trained using artificial intelligence to predict the lightning and other hazardous weather situations in advance and alert rural residents about critical weather conditions in early.
The Effect of Emergency Nurses’ Job Satisfaction and Intent to Leave on Patient Safety Culture: A Cross-Sectional Study
Authors: Alharbi Abeer , Alilyyani Bayan
Published: April 2023

The current nursing shortage jeopardizes the quality and safety of patient care globally. In Saudi Arabia, there are insufficient numbers of Saudi nurses to support the healthcare system, and Saudi hospitals rely heavily on expatriate nurses to meet staffing demands. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of job satisfaction and intent to leave on the patient safety culture. The present study was carried out using a cross-sectional design. Convenience sampling method was applied, and 214 nurses participated in the study. Study was conducted in three hospitals operated by Saudi Ministry of Health in Madinah city. Three instruments were used to measure the study variables. Data were analysed using SPSS. The findings of the current research showed that the suitable work environment for the participant nurses in the current research. The findings of this study showed that nurse’s job satisfaction has a positive and significant influence on patient safety culture (β = 0.28,

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0.003

). Furthermore, the results from the parsimonious regression model indicated that intentions to leave had a negative and significant effect on patient safety culture (β = −0.34,

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0.01

). Based on the study findings, patient safety should be considered as a strategic priority for the senior nurses’ managers of the health system. To enhance patient safety, the current study emphasizes that nurse managers should pay attentions to factors such as job satisfaction and intent to leave to evaluating safety culture in organizations that deliver health service, especially hospitals.
Evaluation of Global Descriptor Methods for Appearance-Based Visual Place Recognition
Authors: Li Kangyu , Ma Yuhan , Wang Xifeng , Ji Lijuan , Geng Niuniu
Published: April 2023

Visual place recognition (VPR) is considered among the most challenging problems due to the extreme variations in appearance and viewpoint. Essentially, appearance-based VPR can be considered as an image retrieval task, thus the key is to accurately and efficiently describe the images. Recently, global descriptor methods have attracted substantial attention from the VPR community, which has contributed to numerous important outcomes. Despite the growing number of global descriptors presented, little attention has been paid to the comparison and evaluation of these methods and so it remains difficult for researchers to disentangle the factors that led to better performance. This study provided comprehensive insight into global descriptors from a practical application perspective. We present a systematic evaluation that integrates 15 commonly used global descriptors, 6 benchmark datasets, and 5 evaluation metrics, and subsequently extended this evaluation to discuss the key factors impacting the matching performance and computational efficiency. We also report practical suggestions for constructing promising CNN descriptors, based on the experimental conclusions. Our analysis reveals both advantages and limitations of three different types of global descriptors, including handcrafted features-based ones, off-the-shelf CNN-based ones, and customized CNN-based ones. Finally, we evaluate the practicality of reported global descriptors to mediate the trade-offs between matching performance and computational efficiency.
Provenance and Tectonic Setting Discrimination and Their Effects on the Pore-Scale Fluid Flow of Black Shale: Take the Micangshan Tectonic Belt, Central China, as an Example
Authors: Tian Tao , Yao Jianming , Guo Wenxiang , Duan Zhonghui , Fu Deliang , Yang Fu
Published: April 2023

The Lower Paleozoic reservoir in the Micangshan tectonic belt is a new shale gas exploration area with excellent potential. However, the black shale’s sedimentary environment and tectonic setting and their effects on pore-scale fluid flow have not been thoroughly elucidated and urgently require further research. A large amount of trace and rare earth element data of black shale in this area was tested to analyze the sediment’s provenance, tectonic setting, and coupling process, and nuclear magnetic resonance was applied for fluid flow ability determination. The characteristics of trace elements and rare earth elements in shale samples were drilled from the Upper Sinian Doushantuo Formation, the Lower Cambrian Niutitang Formation, and the Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation in the Micangshan tectonic belt. The results reveal that the provenance of the shales was dominated by island arc volcanic rocks and some ancient fine-grained sediments. The provenances of shale in the Micangshan, Huijunba, and Zhenba areas may have a strong genetic relationship with the igneous rocks from the nearest Hannan massif. The provenance of the Niutitang shale in the Ningqiang area may comprise sediments derived from the Longmenshan continental rift system. The provenance of the shale tends to transition from the island arc to the continental margin from the depositional stage of the Doushantuo Formation to the Longmaxi Formation. The Micangshan tectonic belt inherited the tectonic evolution of the South China block, North China block, and Qinling, and those blocks provided the igneous provenance of the shale by island arcs, which were formed due to weathering caused by the process of subduction and collision orogeny. The movable fluid distribution of the Longmaxi Formation and Niutitang Formation is relatively uniform, and excessive pursuit of large amount of movable fluid will be counterproductive to the shale reservoir. The proportion of the cracks was generally less than 3% except for one sample from the Doushantuo Formation with 12.06%. Based on the centrifugation force in this research, the low fluid flow limits were less than 1.47, and there are strong positive relationships between movable fluid saturation and saturated porosity. In this study, the coupling relationship between the material source and pore scale flow is discussed for the first time, and the results can provide theoretical references for local provenance analysis and tectonic movement.
Standardized Measures Used Regularly by Speech-Language Pathologists when Assessing the Language Abilities of School-Aged Children: A Survey
Authors: Denman Deborah , Cordier Reinie , Munro Natalie , Kim Jae-Hyun , Speyer Renée
Published: April 2023

Introduction: This study examined speech-language pathologist (SLP)'s use of standardized language measures when assessing school-aged children. Method: A total of 335 SLPs provided information in a web-based survey regarding the standardized language measures they use for school-aged children. SLPs were asked to identify the domains targeted, purposes of use, and reasons for which regularly used standardized measures were chosen for use. Results: Findings indicated that SLPs collectively use many standardized measures, although only a small number are used regularly. SLPs reported using standardized measures to assess domains that measures are not ideally designed for and for purposes that the measures are not ideally suited to assessing. SLPs reported selecting diagnostic measures based on psychometric properties but not for screening measures. Reasons for choice varied depending on the particular measure. Conclusion: Overall, findings indicated that SLPs need to place greater focus on evidence-based practice recommendations when selecting standardized measures for use with school-aged children. Implications for clinical practice and future directions are discussed.
Resenhas
Authors: Galé Pedro Fernandes
Published: April 2023

Resenhas
O indivíduo na Era do Espetáculo Digital: alvo, matéria prima e potencial crítico
Authors: Maia Ari Fernando
Published: April 2023

O texto, elaborado sob a forma de um ensaio, procura esboçar uma constelação histórica em que as contradições da individualidade são continuamente redefinidas tanto por mudanças econômicas como por novos dispositivos sociotécnicos que reconfiguram o sensório, a cognição e os desejos. Percorre o texto o argumento de que a individualidade depende da reflexão crítica, da produção de experiências intelectuais, e que o entendimento das contradições em tela depende tanto de um olhar para o todo, para o capitalismo e suas mutações, como para os dispositivos, instituições e tecnologias em que as relações entre saber e poder tomam formas concretas em sítios próximos aos indivíduos. O texto finaliza ressaltando ainda a relevância da arte para o desenvolvimento de uma subjetividade afeita ao pensamento crítico.
Museus, experiência e mediação interativa na Era Digital
Authors: Freitas Nivaldo Alexandre de
Published: April 2023

O texto busca refletir acerca de alguns impasses que os museus enfrentam hoje em meio ao uso das chamadas tecnologias digitais no intuito de favorecer sua comunicação com seu público. Para isso, considera-se tanto o museu em sua forma tradicional como também as suas novas configurações no âmbito virtual das redes de computadores. Procura-se evocar os conceitos de mediação e de experiência, com base nas reflexões de Adorno e Benjamin, que podem contribuir para pensar a situação dos museus e as questões inerentes à chamada Era Digital.
Auctions and Negotiations in Housing Price Dynamics
Authors: Genesove David , Hansen James
Published: April 2023

We shed light on housing price inertia by investigating how the home-sale mechanism affects housing price dynamics. Using Australian data, we find that auction prices forecast better and display less momentum than negotiated prices. These findings are robust to alternative price measurements and different sample selection corrections. Motivated by micro-theory that predicts different weights for buyer and seller values in auction and negotiated prices, we decompose housing prices into two diffusion processes and interpret them as buyer value and seller value, respectively. The seller value updates much more slowly, which could be an important driver of housing price inertia.
Professional identity in the dynamics of technological development of the information society
Authors: Emelin Vadim A.
Published: April 2023

Background. In the context of developing technologies of the information society and with the exponential growth of their importance in all spheres of life, the question of how and to what extent technological innovations will transform the structure of professional activity emerges on the agenda. \e problem associated with techno-substitution as well as with the displacement of a person in various professions is no longer a sociological or economic one but also becomes a relevant issue in work psychology. Objective. \e study seeks to identify and evaluate possible vectors of work in the future as well as of the professional identity transformation within the dynamics of information society technologies. Methods. Сultural-historical and activity-meaning paradigms in psychology as well as the research on the identity of personality and its transformation in the information society (Tkhostov, Emelin, Rasskazova, 2012) constitute the theoretical and methodological basis of the study. \e methods of theoretical analysis, generalisation and mental modelling are employed to achieve the goals set. Results. It has been shown that the role COVID-19 pandemic played in changes of work activity structure and the increasing role of digital technologies application are secondary. \e pandemic should be considered only as a catalyst that has transformed job market and, as a result, professional identity. In fact, these were the results of informatisation, digitalisation and robotisation in the information society that became deep reasons for those changes. \e trends in displacement of various professions by “smart machines” have been analysed; the psychological consequences for employees who will turn out to be redundant as a result of the cultural-historical transformations in the information society has been evaluated. Conclusion. In the near future, if no global cataclysms emerge, the welfare of society is going to increase due to the technological progress. However, this kind of progress will lead to the world which will have less work for people. None of the considered projects of future work can be considered to be e]ective, as they lack a psychological component, leaving the problem of maintaining/acquiring professional identity as an integral part of the personality out of scope.
Predator and duck behaviours at depredated nests in wetlands of Great Salt Lake, Utah
Authors: Bell Mark E. , Conover Michael R.
Published: April 2023

Nest depredation is one of the greatest threats posed to ground-nesting ducks. We employed cameras to monitor 164 duck nests (71 cinnamon teal, Spatula cyanoptera, 44 gadwall, Mareca strepera, 38 mallard, Anas platyrhynchos, and 11 nests of unknown species) in the wetlands surrounding Great Salt Lake, from 2015–2021. Of the 164 nests, 21% were successful, 73% were depredated and 7% were abandoned. We observed predators at 99 of the 119 depredated nests; predators at 20 nests went undetected. Raccoons (Procyon lotor, depredated nests) and striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis, ) were the most common of the 99 nest predators recorded. Other predators that depredated nests included long-tailed weasels (Mustela frenata), northern harriers (Circus hudsonius), California gulls (Larus californicus), Sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis), common ravens (Corvus corax), coyotes (Canis latrans) and red foxes (Vulpes vulpes). Neither the number of eggs removed per depredation event nor the number of eggs remaining varied by predator species. Depredated nests were easier for predators to find than undisturbed, incubated nests, resulting in 68% of depredated nests being visited by multiple predators. All hens detected the approach of a predator and flushed before the predator reached the nest; no hens attempted to defend their nest or attack the predator. Only 21% of hens returned to their depredated nest, and those that did remained off their nest an average of 33 h and 23 h after their nest was depredated by a raccoon or skunk, respectively. Seventeen percent of hens resumed incubation of their depredated nest, but only 1 nest to which a hen returned successfully hatched an egg. Depredation events of raccoons and skunks were not distributed randomly during the 24-hour day, but rather occurred most often during the night and nautical twilight, and rarely during the day. Depredation events of avian predators occurred during the day, rarely during twilight, and none during the night. Depredation events during the night were more likely when the wind was calm but temperature, humidity, and actual moon illumination had no impact. Depredation events by skunks and raccoons occurred more often during the 1st and 4th phases of the moon (new moon) than in the 2nd or 3rd phase.
The Conception of Woman in the Thought of Maharal of Prague
Authors: Alcoloumbre Thierry J.
Published: April 2023

Recent research has criticized medieval Jewish thought for perpetuating misogynist models inherited from Aristotle, which legitimate men’s domination of women. Critics have focused on hylomorphism. By identifying man with “form” and women with “matter,” Aristotle and his disciples placed the former beside being, intellect, and activity, and the latter beside privation, irrationality, and passivity. This article shows how, during the Renaissance, hylomorphism was transformed by Judah Loew ben Betzalel (Maharal of Prague; 1512?–1609) in a manner more favorable to women. Maharal’s thought still has a patriarchal worldview; nevertheless, he recognizes a positive value to matter, the body, and sexuality, assigning woman an active role within the marital couple as well as in the historical process that leads to redemption.
Brain Drain, Brain Gain and Brain Circulation: Emerging Trends and Patterns of Chinese Transnational Talent Mobility
Authors: Wong (黄伟民) Lloyd L. , Guo (郭世宝) Shibao
Published: April 2023

Four decades ago, in the 1980s, network analysis did not anticipate the growing importance of transnational and diasporic communities “embedded” in more than one country. The integrating theoretical framework of transnational social mobilities is adopted for this article on Chinese talent mobility in the diaspora with a focus on the mobilities between China and countries in the OECD. By examining macro migration data within the OECD, we analyze emerging trends and patterns of the movement of highly skilled Chinese transnational talent. In light of China’s rising economic power and the concomitant growth of a Chinese transnational diaspora, we trace the trajectory of China’s brain drain, brain gain and brain circulation in OECD countries over the past forty years. Chinese talent mobility in the new economy consists of “transnational circuits” characterized by the circulation of goods, people, knowledge and information. This article theorizes the new modality of “circulation” in terms of transnational social mobilities.
The Mother of the Revolution
Authors: Cheng (钟逸明) Yi Meng
Published: April 2023

While the Kuomintang leadership propagated the myth of the “overseas Chinese as the mother of the revolution” for their own political ends, the myth was quickly internalized by overseas Chinese themselves. The process of internalization underwent three stages: from acceptance during the late 1920s to self-proclamation as the “mother of the revolution” and directing criticisms at the KMT during the late 1940s, to even extending this sense of entitlement to the CCP during the post-1949 period. By exploring the agency enjoyed by overseas Chinese, this article aims to examine how the myth of the “overseas Chinese as the mother of the revolution” was transformed into political capital for the KMT’s overseas work, even in ways that the KMT leadership could not have envisaged nearly half a century earlier.
Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit: Rejecting the Sign of the Covenant
Authors: Callaham Scott N.
Published: April 2023

One of the notorious interpretive cruces within the Synoptic Gospels concerns blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. According to Jesus, this sin stands apart from and above all others as an unforgivable offense. Attempts to explain the internal logic of these sayings and their place within Jesus’s teaching have left New Testament scholarship at an impasse. The present study advances a fresh perspective: that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit means radically rejecting the sign of the New Covenant, hence the offender experiences the covenant sanction of irrevocably being “cut off.”
Mutual Influences in Orthodox Missions among the Nanai People in the Russian Far East
Authors: Dalles Maréchal Anne
Published: April 2023

Among the Nanai in the Russian Far-East, the Russian Orthodox Church has been conducting missions in two villages since 2011. In this article, I analyze the usage of Nanai iconography in the printed Gospel of Luke and of oral myths to tell the Nanai version of the Christian message. A specific Nanai Christianity is thus perceptible, rooted within shamanism, that is, the emic perception of powerful forces at play in the world, with whom humans are in constant negotiations. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in the Amur region, this analysis will highlight the Indigenous agency in the appropriation of the Christian doctrine.
“We Are Descendants of the Buddha”
Authors: Geary David , Kumar Manish
Published: April 2023

Although the spread of Buddhism and the transmission of dhamma beyond its place of origins have been taking place for many centuries, these instantiations abroad are once again taking root in the homeland through a form of return globalization. Focusing on the Youth Buddhist Society of India, we examine the creative and pragmatic ways in which Indian youth are reclaiming the Shakya identity and ancestry associated with the historical Buddha for their low caste-community at the Buddhist sacred site of Sankissa. Central to these emergent forms of social and ethical self-engagement is the importance of Buddhist education and access to global and transnational religious networks as a source of cultural empowerment.
Voluntarism and Coercion
Authors: Bok Jared
Published: April 2023

Research on Franciscan missionaries in California has traditionally either emphasized or excused their use of physical violence on indigenous people. This paper adopts a “boundaries” approach to highlight and explain how Franciscans were able to both advocate for and eschew physical coercion on the same target audience without any perceived contradiction. The paper argues that unidirectional group boundaries, often mundane and unproblematic, may, in some instances, validate a paradoxical combination of external voluntarism and internal coercion when employed institutionally. The study concludes with a discussion of the relevance of these theoretical concepts to religion and coercion in contemporary society.
Are school-based interventions promoting 24-hour movement guidelines among children? A scoping review
Authors: Rodrigo-Sanjoaquín Javier , Bois Julien E , Aibar Solana Alberto , Lhuisset Léna , Corral-Abós Ana , Zaragoza Casterad Javier
Published: April 2023

Objective:

24-hour movement behaviours can effect sustainable long-term benefits in children, but their implementation and effectiveness have not previously been reviewed in the school setting. Thus, the aim of this scoping review was to provide an overview of school-based interventions targeting physical activity (PA), sedentary behaviour (SB), and sleep in 5–12-year-old children.

Design:

Scoping review.

Methods:

A structured bibliographic search of five databases was conducted to retrieve peer-reviewed intervention studies published in English language, between January 2010 and December 2020.

Results:

Among the 37 studies included with a total sample size of 27,145 primary school-aged children, only one study assessed sleep, PA and SB. The average duration of the intervention studies was between 7 and 10 months.

Conclusion:

The main gap identified was that current school-based interventions do not include complete 24-hour movement behaviours among children as there is a lack of intervention studies addressing sleep behaviour. In addition, this first international review of 24-hour movement behaviours in a school setting found that the number of intervention studies that incuded follow-up measures is limited, so it is difficult to interpret their sustainability.
Impact of Teeth on Social Participation: Modified Treatment Policy Approach
Authors: Cooray U. , Tsakos G. , Heilmann A. , Watt R.G. , Takeuchi K. , Kondo K. , Osaka K. , Aida J.
Published: April 2023

Social participation prevents social isolation and loneliness among older adults while having numerous positive effects on their health and well-being in rapidly aging societies. We aimed to estimate the effect of retaining more natural teeth on social participation among older adults in Japan. The analysis used longitudinal data from 24,872 participants in the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (2010, 2013, and 2016). We employed a longitudinal modified treatment policy approach to determine the effect of several hypothetical scenarios (preventive scenarios and tooth loss scenarios) on frequent social participation (1 = at least once a week/0 = less than once a week) after a 6-y follow-up. The corresponding statistical parameters were estimated using targeted minimum loss-based estimation (TMLE) method. Number of teeth category (edentate/1–9/10–19/≥20) was treated as a time-varying exposure, and the outcome estimates were adjusted for time-varying (income, self-rated health, marital status, instrumental activities of daily living, vision loss, hearing loss, major comorbidities, and number of household members) and time-invariant covariates (age, sex, education, baseline social participation). Less frequent social participation was associated with older age, male sex, lower income, low educational attainment, and poor self-rated health at the baseline. Social participation improved when tooth loss prevention scenarios were emulated. The best preventive scenario (i.e., maintaining ≥20 teeth among each participant) improved social participation by 8% (risk ratio [RR] = 1.08; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.05–1.11). Emulated tooth loss scenarios gradually decreased social participation. A hypothetical scenario in which all the participants were edentate throughout the follow-up period resulted in a 11% (RR = 0.89; 95% CI, 0.84–0.94) reduction in social participation. Subsequent tooth loss scenarios showed 8% (RR = 0.92; 95% CI, 0.88–0.95), 6% (RR = 0.94; 95% CI, 0.91–0.97), and 4% (RR = 0.96; 95% CI, 0.93–0.98) reductions, respectively. Thus, among Japanese older adults, retaining a higher number of teeth positively affects their social participation, whereas being edentate or having a relatively lower number of teeth negatively affects their social participation.
Infant & Child Mortality in Pakistan and its Determinants: A Review
Authors: Tharwani Zoaib Habib , Bilal Wajeeha , Khan Hira Anas , Kumar Prince , Butt Malaika Saeed , Hamdana Amatul Hadi , Essar Mohammad Yasir , Nashwan Abdulqadir J. , Habib Zehra , Marzo Roy Rillera
Published: April 2023

Over the years, several developing countries have been suffering from high infant and child mortality rates, however, according to the recent statistics, Pakistan falls high on the list. Our narrative review of copious research on this topic highlights that several factors, such as complications associated with premature births, high prevalence of birth defects, lack of vaccination, unsafe deliveries, poor breastfeeding practices, complications during delivery, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), poor socioeconomic conditions, and a struggling healthcare system, have influenced these rates. Bearing in mind the urgency of addressing the increased infant and child mortality rate in Pakistan, multiple steps must be taken in order to prevent unnecessary deaths. An effective initiative could be spreading awareness and education among women, as a lack of education among women has been indirectly linked to increased child mortality in Pakistan across many researches conducted on the issue. Furthermore, the government should invest in healthcare by hiring more physicians and providing better supplies and improving infrastructure, especially in underdeveloped areas, to decrease child mortality due to lack of clean water and poor hygiene. Lastly, telemedicine should be made common in order to provide easy access to women who cannot visit the hospital.
Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis as a Mixed-Method and Analysis Technique: A Comprehensive Systematic Review
Authors: Geremew Yechale Mehiret , Huang Wei-Jue (Sabrina) , Hung Kam
Published: April 2023

The review aims to explore fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) as a bridge between the qualitative and quantitative paradigm divide in tourism, leisure, and hospitality management studies and explain why and how field scholars employ it. A comprehensive systematic review of complete and original articles from 31 top-tier tourism, leisure, and hospitality journals was conducted on the basis of the PRISMA framework. Since its inception in the field, fsQCA has been employed as a mixed method and analysis technique for theory development, testing, and data analysis. Its application in the field has grown because it acts as a back up in addressing complex sets through rigorous qualitative and quantitative approaches. Complexity, fuzzy set, planned behavior, chaos, and motivation are the leading theories consistently used; behavior, intention, motivation, performance, attitude, satisfaction, crisis, and experience are the complex research themes in the field that most frequently employ fsQCA.
According to NP: A Diachronic Perspective on a Skeptical Evidential
Authors: Ziegeler Debra
Published: April 2023

One of the problems challenging formal semantic studies of evidentiality is that reportative evidentials are not always representative of the speaker’s endorsement of the truth of the propositions they qualify. Accordingly, many of the functions of the reportative evidential according to NP in English are often ambiguous as to the speaker’s endorsement of the propositions over which they have scope. The present study, using three diachronic corpora, traces the evolution of evidential meanings in according to NP since Middle English times from its origins in a progressive aspect construction and its later shift from a manner adverbial function to a reportative evidential used to justify the speaker’s subjective beliefs. The article shows that the presence of comparative contexts, multiple information sources, or co-occurrence with adversative clauses contributes to the use of the reportative as a dubitative, marking the gradual objectification of the proposition qualified by according to and coinciding closely with the introduction of the complex preposition in accordance with in the late eighteenth century. I argue that the diachronic development of according to NP as an evidential marker represents a case of co-optation rather than grammaticalization.
Technology-Enhanced Behavioral Parent Training: The Relationship Between Technology Use and Efficiency of Service Delivery
Authors: McCall Madison P. , Anton Margaret T. , Highlander April , Loiselle Raelyn , Forehand Rex , Khavjou Olga , Jones Deborah J.
Published: April 2023

Behavior disorders (BDs) are common and, without treatment, can have long-term impacts on child and family health. Behavioral Parent Training (BPT) is the standard of care intervention for early-onset BDs; however, structural socioeconomic barriers hinder treatment outcomes for low-income families. While digital technologies have been proposed as a mechanism to improve engagement in BPT, research exploring the relationship between technology use and outcomes is lacking. Thus, this study with 34 low-income families examined the impact of parents’ use of adjunctive mobile app components on treatment efficiency in one technology-enhanced (TE-) BPT program, Helping the Noncompliant Child (HNC). While parent use of the TE-HNC app and its impact on the efficiency of service delivery varied across specific components, increased app use significantly reduced the number of weeks required for families to achieve skill mastery. Implications for the design and development of behavior intervention technologies in general, as well as for BPT in particular, are discussed.
Organising music’s structures: The classification of musical forms in Western art music
Authors: Lee Deborah
Published: April 2023

This article analyses the classification of musical forms in Western art music. It examines how some sources in the music domain classify musical forms, and the categorisations and complexities inherent within these classifications. It analyses the table of contents from music domain textbooks, treating them as knowledge organisation systems, as well as analysing music domain descriptions of the knowledge organisation of forms. Form is found to be a complicated type of information, with an intriguing relationship to genre. The analysis of domain classifications reveals five key categorisations: texture, sectionalisation, size of structure, definable-ness and medium. Various complexities about form are elicited, such as form-as-process, complicated whole-part form relationships, an interesting spectrum of definable-ness, and the dependency of form on medium and texture. This article examines a rarely discussed type of information, form, and its approach could be usefully extended to other subjects.
Person-Centered Navigator Program for People with Parkinson’s Disease: A Pilot Study
Authors: Lee JuHee , Kim YonJi , Kim Yielin , Suh Yujin
Published: April 2023

There are limited Parkinson’s disease (PD)-specific navigator programs, although PD is chronic and requires life-long comprehensive care. As most patient navigation literature focuses on oncology and is based in the West, this study aimed to develop a person-centered navigator program for PD and evaluate its preliminary outcomes and feasibility in the Korean context. The program was developed using the “analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation” model, and “professional navigation framework.” Initially, 28 participants were recruited to participate in an 8-week navigator program. The retention rate was 82%. Social function was significantly improved 12 weeks after baseline. Participants reported high satisfaction with the program, suggesting that it was well-accepted. This study systematically developed a navigator program based on PD-specific needs and the Korean context. Future models should focus on personal and participatory attributes. Navigator programs for people with PD represent appropriate and evolving healthcare interventions.
A corona-carnival? A carnivalesque interpretation of (im)mobilities under COVID-19 lockdowns
Authors: Casas-Cortés Maribel , Cobarrubias Sebastian
Published: April 2023

The soviet social theorist Mikhail M. Bakhtin developed the theory of the carnivalesque as a logic of exaggeration, inversion and irony. Beyond carnival events themselves, Bakhtin proposed this logic as a creative instance to foresee openings within an assumed normality. The conceptual gaze of the ‘carnivalesque’ helps to rethink the reconfiguration of actors and practices around mobility, borders and migration during the initial lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic. This impasse worked as a corona-carnival in the midst of the current mobility regime. The use of ‘carnivalesque’ in this article is not related to the playful aspects of carnival as a parade, but to the potential of the carnivalesque impasse for envisioning alternatives, which are not necessarily emancipatory but deeply ambivalent, grotesque and unfinished. That carnivalesque momentum, marked by social norms placed on pause, is captured in artistic and linguistic production, acting as a collective legacy for imagining futures otherwise. This paper compiles some keywords which emerged during the corona-carnival impasse, each holding hopeful and dystopian glimpses of possible alterations to the status-quo. These linguistic productions question assumed notions and practices of migration management, opening the social imagination to other ways of engaging with human mobilities.
Access to public transport to persons with visual disability: A scoping review
Authors: Boadi-Kusi Samuel Bert , Amoako-Sakyi Regina Obilie , Abraham Carl Halladay , Addo Naa Adjeley , Aboagye-McCarthy Asantewaa , Gyan Bright Opoku
Published: April 2023

Public transport is a viable option that can help persons with visual disability to overcome mobility challenges. The main aim of the review is to identify existing provisions, barriers, and/or access to public transport services for persons with visual disability. A scoping review was conducted based on the framework proposed by Arskey and O’Malley. A total of 16 studies were systematically selected out of 273 published literatures which was obtained from electronic database searches. Four themes emerged from the selected studies. The major theme was challenges related to accessing public transport from the perspective of persons with visual disability (PVD) with presentation of information, drivers/workers attitude, bus design, technological barriers, and accessibility of public spaces being the subthemes. The other three themes were the challenges reported by the transport drivers, available facilities/adaptations and resolutions, and policies and recommendations. In conclusion, the current review suggests that access to public transportation for persons with visual disability is considerably inadequate. Poor presentation of information, inappropriate driver attitude, and inconsistent bus design seem to be the major barriers persons with visual disability encounter during public transport travel.
Testing the Interpretability Hypothesis: Evidence from acceptability judgments of relative clauses by Persian and French learners of L2 English
Authors: Solaimani Ehsan , Myles Florence , Lawyer Laurel
Published: April 2023

Many studies have explored the second language (L2) acquisition of relative clauses (RCs) and whether L2 speakers transfer a resumptive strategy from first language (L1) to L2. While evidence seems to suggest that there are significant L1–L2 differences in the processing of RCs, relatively little is known about the source of non-target-like L2 behaviour. The present study investigates the grammatical acceptability of different RC types in L2 English and whether reliance on a resumptive strategy is a syntactic or processing issue. The participants included 71 L1-Persian L2-English, 52 L1-French L2-English, and 44 native English speakers, who completed a proficiency c-test, a grammaticality judgment task, and a reading span working memory (WM) task. Unlike French, which is similar to English in the syntactic derivation of RCs, Persian is a structurally wh-in-situ language that syntactically allows resumption in direct object and object-of-preposition RCs. The results showed that unlike L1-French speakers, L1-Persian speakers were more likely to accept resumptive pronouns in L2-English RCs; however, both L1 and L2 groups overwhelmingly preferred a gap over a resumptive strategy. The results suggest that given sufficiently high proficiency and long immersion experience, L2 speakers can match native speakers in terms of RC syntactic representations, suggesting that the issue faced by learners is a processing issue rather a representational one as suggested by the Interpretability Hypothesis.
CRTC1 is a potential target to delay aging-induced cognitive deficit by protecting the integrity of the blood-brain barrier via inhibiting inflammation
Authors: Wang Yanping , Du Weihong , Sun Yanyun , Zhang Junfang , Ma Chaolin , Jin Xinchun
Published: April 2023

Aging can cause attenuation in the functioning of multiple organs, and blood-brain barrier (BBB) breakdown could promote the occurrence of disorders of the central nervous system during aging. Since inflammation is considered to be an important factor underlying BBB injury during aging, vascular endothelial cell senescence serves as a critical pathological basis for the destruction of BBB integrity. In the current review, we have first introduced the concepts related to aging-induced cognitive deficit and BBB integrity damage. Thereafter, we reviewed the potential relationship between disruption of BBB integrity and cognition deficit and the role of inflammation, vascular endothelial cell senescence, and BBB injury. We have also briefly introduced the function of CREB-regulated transcription co-activator 1 (CRTC1) in cognition and aging-induced CRTC1 changes as well as the critical roles of CRTC1/cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in regulating inflammation, endothelial cell senescence, and BBB injury. Finally, the underlying mechanisms have been summarized and we propose that CRTC1 could be a promising target to delay aging-induced cognitive deficit by protecting the integrity of BBB through promoting inhibition of inflammation-mediated endothelial cell senescence.
Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy for Anger Management in Juvenile Delinquents: Effectiveness Study in a Turkey Child Prison
Authors: Yalçın Melikenaz , Arıtürk Seda , Görgü Akçay Nimet Serap , Tekinsav Sütcü Serap
Published: April 2023

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group therapy (CBGT) for anger management in Juvenile Delinquents. The therapy program consisted of eight sessions including relaxation, self-instruction, cognitive restructuring, and assertiveness training techniques. The therapy program has been conducted for juvenile delinquents in one of the juvenile prisons in Turkey. Sixty juvenile delinquents, aged between 14 and 18, who met the inclusion criteria (treatment = 30, control = 30), were included at the beginning of the study. To evaluate the effectiveness of the program, State Trait Anger and Expression Inventory (STAXI), and Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) were administered as pre-test. At the end of the therapy program, final analysis was conducted on 35 participants (20 therapy group, 15 control group) due to participants dropout. Mixed ANOVA was conducted to examine the time (pre-test and post-test) and group effects (therapy and control group). Results showed that the participants in the therapy group showed a significant decrease in trait anger and anger expression scores, both subscales of STAXI and in the hostility subscale of BSI; a statistically significant increase in the anger control scores of the subscale of STAXI when compared to the control group. In conclusion, this culturally attuned CBGT for anger management may be applicable for Juvenile Delinquents in Turkey.
Learning a Lesson: Spiritual Attributions of Sexual Trauma and Revictimization
Authors: Eytan Sharon , Ronel Natti
Published: April 2023

This study aims to explore how individuals with affiliation to spirituality and victimization attribute sexual trauma and revictimization to spiritual principles and its perceived impact on victim assistance. A phenomenological research was conducted with 36 participants divided into three groups: female survivors who turned to spirituality as part of their recovery process ( n = 17), spiritually oriented therapists who treat survivors ( n = 10), and spiritual leaders and teachers who are often consulted by survivors and their close ones ( n = 9). Findings show three prominent themes: (a) ephemeral and eternal components of existence; (b) learning a lesson; and (c) Tikkun Olam (Hebrew: world’s repairment). The findings contribute theoretical and practical applications: they offer deep insights into the spiritual reason for revictimization and its cessation, and suggest innovative external explanations anchored in ancient knowledge that can alleviate survivors’ suffering from self-blame. The study lays the foundation for an upcoming theory entitled Spiritual Victimology.
Improvements in psychological distress in patients participating in a cooking programme following digestive cancer surgery: A retrospective, propensity score-matched pilot study
Authors: Kondo Ken , Kim Siyeong , Noguchi Naoto , Akiyama Ryoto , Murata Waka , Lee Bumsuk
Published: April 2023

Introduction:

This retrospective pilot study evaluated whether an Instrumental Activities of Daily Living intervention relieves psychological distress during hospital stays after digestive cancer surgery.

Methods:

In all, 24 patients were divided into two groups according to the experience of cooking programme during hospital stay (‘control group’, n = 11 and ‘cooking group’, n = 13) and both groups received usual postoperative care. The two groups were matched using propensity scores to reduce the potential for confounding factors. Outcome measures included psychological distress assessed by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and Basic Activities of Daily Living assessed by the Functional Independence Measure. Assessment time points were after surgical treatment and before discharge.

Results:

Propensity score matching generated nine pairs (‘control group’, n = 9 and ‘cooking group’, n = 9). The Functional Independence Measure improved in both groups ( p = 0.008, r = 0.89) and the improvements in the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale were only found in the cooking group ( p ⩽ 0.049, r ⩾ 0.66).

Conclusion:

We found significant improvement in Basic Activities of Daily Livings in both groups and additional improvements in psychological distress in the cooking group. These observations suggest that Instrumental Activities of Daily Living-based intervention could improve mental health in patients with cancer in their early postoperative period.