bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Identifying Amygdala-Like Territories in Scyliorhinus canicula (Chondrichthyan): Evidence for a Pallial Amygdala
Authors: Rodríguez-Moldes Isabel , Quintana-Urzainqui Idoia , Santos-Durán Gabriel Nicolás , Ferreiro-Galve Susana , Pereira-Guldrís Santiago , Candás María , Mazan Sylvie , Candal Eva
Published: October 2021

To identify the putative amygdalar complex in cartilaginous fishes, our first step was to obtain evidence that supports the existence of a pallial amygdala in the catshark Scyliorhinus canicula, at present the prevailing chondrichthyan model in comparative neurobiology and developmental biology. To this end, we analyzed the organization of the lateral walls of the telencephalic hemispheres of adults, juveniles, and early prehatching embryos by immunohistochemistry against tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), somatostatin (SOM), Pax6, serotonin (5HT), substance P (SP), and Met-enkephalin (MetEnk), calbindin-28k (CB), and calretinin (CR), and by in situ hybridization against regulatory genes such as Tbr1, Lhx9, Emx1, and Dlx2. Our data were integrated with those available from the literature related to the secondary olfactory projections in this shark species. We have characterized two possible amygdalar territories. One, which may represent a ventropallial component, was identified by its chemical signature (moderate density of Pax6-ir cells, scarce TH-ir and SOM-ir cells, and absence of CR-ir and CB-ir cells) and gene expressions (Tbr1 and Lhx9 expressions in an Emx1 negative domain, as the ventral pallium of amniotes). It is perhaps comparable to the lateral amygdala of amphibians and the pallial amygdala of teleosts. The second was a territory related to the pallial-subpallial boundary with abundant Pax6-ir and CR-ir cells, and 5HT-ir, SP-ir, and MetEnk-ir fibers capping dorsally the area superficialis basalis. This olfactory-related region at the neighborhood of the pallial-subpallial boundary may represent a subpallial amygdala subdivision that possibly contains migrated cells of ventropallial origin.
E-customer loyalty in gamified trusted store platforms: a case study analysis in Iran
Authors: Hosseini Ehsan , Rezvani Mohammad Hossein
Published: October 2021

Customer satisfaction, trust, and loyalty are the three most fundamental elements of e-marketing. Previous researchers have noted that satisfaction is a key factor in commanding loyalty. However, the relationship between satisfaction, trust, and loyalty is strongly dependent on the type of platform provided by digital stores. On the other hand, gamification in E-businesses has grown rapidly in recent years. In this context, it is necessary to explore the effects of gamification on e-customer satisfaction and loyalty. In this paper, it is argued that customer satisfaction alone cannot inspire loyalty. Simply speaking, customers’ satisfaction with gamified services can lead to developing trust and, in turn, loyalty. This research also presents a thorough review of the effect of store-related motivational factors, such as gamification, on trust. These factors include moderator and mediator variables. The hypotheses of this study are considered in the context of one of the largest online retail stores in Iran which enjoys a large market share in the Middle East. To this end, Lawshe content validity ratio is utilized and expert opinions are applied to the proposed model. Evaluation results, obtained through the smartPLS, established the robustness of our modeling in terms of reliability analysis, significance level analysis, discriminant validity analysis, coefficient of determination, model fitting, and cross-validation.
Fatores determinantes da demanda turística internacional para o Rio de Janeiro: evidências baseadas em modelos de regressão linear
Authors: Camara Isabela Lima Pinheiro da , Monteiro João Evangelista Dias , Santos Glauber Eduardo de Oliveira
Published: October 2021

Este artigo teve como objetivo analisar os principais fatores econômicos determinantes da demanda turística internacional para o Estado do Rio de Janeiro utilizando modelos econométricos de Regressão Linear Múltipla (RLM) em primeiras diferenças com dados anuais de 2000 a 2017. Foram avaliadas as sensibilidades dos fluxos de sete entre os dez principais países emissores de turistas para o Estado do Rio de Janeiro em relação às variáveis renda e taxa de câmbio real. O único efeito estatisticamente significante encontrado foi o da taxa de câmbio sobre a demanda turística Argentina. Os resultados contrariam proposições teóricas e evidências empíricas amplamente estabelecidas na literatura, o que pode estar associado à fragilidade das estatísticas de turismo no Brasil e/ou à natureza simplificada do modelo estatístico adotado. Contudo, cabe ressaltar que a insensibilidade da demanda internacional em relação à renda e à taxa de câmbio também pode ser parcialmente explicada pela posição marginal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro nos fluxos emissores dos países selecionados. Desta forma, o presente trabalho estabelece uma hipótese de pesquisa inovadora a ser testada em estudos futuros.
First-in-Human Study of MANP: A Novel ANP (Atrial Natriuretic Peptide) Analog in Human Hypertension
Authors: Chen Horng H. , Wan Siu-Hin , Iyer Seethalakshmi R. , Cannone Valentina , Sangaralingham S. Jeson , Nuetel Joel , Burnett John C.
Published: October 2021

M-atrial natriuretic peptide (MANP) is a novel ANP (atrial natriuretic peptide) analog engineered to be an innovative particulate GC-A (guanylyl cyclase A) receptor activator. The rationale for its design was to develop a best-in-class GC-A activator with enhanced cGMP activating, natriuretic, aldosterone-suppressing, and blood pressure–lowering actions, compared with endogenous ANP, for the treatment of hypertension. Here, we report the first-in-human study on the safety, tolerability, neurohumoral, renal, and blood pressure–lowering properties of MANP in hypertension subjects. This was an open-label sequential single ascending dose design in which all subjects stopped all antihypertensive agents for 14 days before receiving a single subcutaneous injection of MANP. MANP was safe, well tolerated, activated cGMP, induced natriuresis, reduced aldosterone, and decreased blood pressure at or below the maximal tolerated dose. Thus, MANP has a favorable safety profile and produced expected pharmacological effects in human hypertension. Our results support further investigations of MANP as a potential future blood pressure–lowering, natriuretic and aldosterone-suppressing drug for hypertension especially resistant hypertension.
A Multinational Data Set of Game Players' Behaviors in a Virtual World and Environmental Perceptions
Authors: Vuong Quan-Hoang , Ho Manh-Toan , La Viet-Phuong , Le Tam-Tri , Nguyen Thanh Huyen T. , Nguyen Minh-Hoang
Published: October 2021

Video gaming has been rising rapidly to become one of the primary entertainment media, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Playing video games has been reported to associate with many psychological and behavioral traits. However, little is known about the connections between game players' behaviors in the virtual environment and environmental perceptions. Thus, the current data set offers valuable resources regarding environmental worldviews and behaviors in the virtual world of 640 Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH) game players from 29 countries around the globe. The data set consists of six major categories: 1) socio-demographic profile, 2) COVID-19 concern, 3) environmental perception, 4) game-playing habit, 5) in-game behavior, and 6) game-playing feeling. By making this data set open, we aim to provide policymakers, game producers, and researchers with valuable resources for understanding the interactions between behaviors in the virtual world and environmental perceptions, which could help produce video games in compliance with the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals.
THE FUTURE OF LABOR AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TECHNOLOGY
Authors: Emelin Vadim A.
Published: October 2021

Relevance. The development of information society technologies becomes a crucial point in the transformation of human labour. Technogenic processes of automation, robotization and development of artificial intelligence models have an impact on the human labour. The future of labour becomes inseparably linked to an ever-increasing complexity and irreplaceability of technological tools. The need to single out a special field of psychology in order to study and predict the relationship between man and technology in the cultural-historical context of information society is on the agenda. Purpose. The study’s aim is to show the necessity to study the psychological mechanisms of interaction between man and technology in the information society. It is based on the analysis of the main predictive vectors of transformation of labour activity under the influence of high technologies. Method. The logic of the present research corresponds to the cultural-historical and activity semantic paradigm. To achieve these goals the author uses theoretical analysis, method of generalization, and mental modelling. Results. The study analyses possible solutions to the problems posed within modern humanities and associated with the technological replacement of a number of professional activities. Along with the traditional philosophy of technology and the developing sociology of technology, it suggests that the psychology of technology is singled out as an independent sphere of research. It could provide specialized psychological studies of the interaction between people and the technical tools they use. Conclusions. The development of information society technologies and their integration into the habitual, everyday life, the processes of replacing natural abilities and historically developed kinds of labour activity with technical tools imply a number of problems, especially those having to do with understanding the complexity of relations within the system “Man-Machine”. The answers may be found within the framework of psychology of technology, the task of which is to provide the basis for studying conditions of interaction between man and the surrounding technologies and “smart machines” that are hard to understand for a human being. Understanding their nature becomes increasingly unattainable. The discipline in question also aims at providing a psychological assessment of the impacts of technological progress on the possibilities of human self-realization.
HISTORY OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY: SUBJECT-ACTIVITY APPROACH
Authors: Noskova Olga G.
Published: October 2021

Relevance. History of science is a necessary component of its progressive development; however, the history of Russian applied psychology has not been sufficiently studied. Purpose of the work: to present the results of the author’s historical and psychological works carried out on the basis of the subject-activity approach. Research method. The study uses systemic methodology and the subject-activity approach based on the provisions of Marxist philosophy, theory of science and traditions of Russian psychology and its history (A.A. Bogdanov, E.A. Budilova, E.A. Klimov and others). It also uses analogies for a better understanding of the unity of consciousness principle and the activity of its subject (an individual scientist, a group of researchers and practitioners, society as a whole, as a collective subject). The study demonstrates the advantages of the methodology chosen in comparison with the one adopted by scientists who are limited by the cognitive resources of one-sided approaches (for example, the traditions of internalism or externalism) in historical and psychological research. Sample. The article provides an overview of the author’s most important publications on historical and psychological topics over the past 35 years. Results. The study presents the author’s research of the formation, development and transformation of applied psychology on the example of psychological sciences on labor and working people carried out in Russia from the end of the 19th to the beginning of the 21st century, in correlation with the events of the country’s civil history. The author analyzes the development of certain scientific problems (problems of social psychology of labor, problems of working capacity and fatigue, the prehistory of competence-based approach in psychology, problems of safety psychology in ergatic systems, etc.). It also presents the analysis of the work done by a number of leading Russian psychologists in this field. The results of the research are included in the program of the special course “History of Applied Psychology”. Conclusions. The study formulates the main provisions of the subject-activity approach in historical and psychological research and the possibilities of its application in order to understand the past of psychology and predict the trends of its future development.
POSSIBILITIES OF PSYCHOSEMANTIC APPROACH FOR THE ANALYSIS OF MODERN SPECIALISTS’ PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Authors: Abdullaeva Mecherban M.
Published: October 2021

Relevance. The article analyzes the problems of modern researchers studying the “man — work” system from the standpoint of post-nonclassical models that develop the idea of “subjectivity” in the relationship between man and world. It is necessary to develop a methodological approach for an adequate noncontroversial description of the world of professionals. Such an approach should describe this system in a consistent way, allow for correlation of ideas about it with the reality itself and remove the limitations associated with the researcher’s abilities. Objective. The purpose of the paper is to discuss the possibilities of psychosemantic approach for studying professional activity on the example of two pieces of empirical research on the activities of medical workers employed by commercial and budgetary organizations and having to do with different contingents of patients. Methods. In the studies conducted we used the survey methods “Integral Satisfaction with Work” (developed by V.A. Rozanova), “Professional Burnout” (N. E. Vodopyaynova, E.S. Starchenkova) and psychosemantic methods: semantic differential “My Work”; free associations; 10 unfinished sentences on the topic “My Work”; C. Osgood’s 14-scale semantic differential modified by E.Yu. Artemyeva. Sample. The study involved 212 doctors with different career span, of which 66 people are employees of budget hospitals, 36 people work in commercial medical centers, 60 people are maternity hospital employees, and 50 people work in a hospice. Results. Semantic features such as “emotional tone of assessment”, “ratio of semantic coincidence between descriptions of different “types” of work object (in our case,“Man” and “Patient”)” and “abstractness/concreteness of descriptions” reflect the conceptual characteristics of professional experience of doctors working in different organizations and with different contingents of patients. Conclusions. The psychosemantic approach to studying the “person — work” system, in which the activity approach of a person to the world is postulated, makes it possible to provide an adequate description of complex systems in a changing environment. The methods of psychosemantics, due to their “sensitivity” to shades of meaning of the words used by respondents, correspond to the idea of post-nonclassical models of mental determination, when external influences are mediated by the activity of a person and by the current structures of his or her subjective experience.
Psychological factors influencing the reliability of personnel in power p
Authors: Kachina Anastasia A. , Zlokazova Tatiana A. , Vnukov IlyaYu.
Published: October 2021

Relevance. The article presents research results regarding personal and regulatory factors influencing the reliability of personnel in power plants. We discuss the possibility of integrating different psychological approaches to assessing functional reliability. We had assumed that including dynamic variables (acute and chronic stress manifestations, “internal cost” of activity) and stable personal factors in the analysis will permit to compare their contribution to psychological stability and reliability. Methods. The main indicators of the study include: personality traits (ITO, Sobchik, 1998); functional components of self-regulation (“SSPM with a reliability scale”, Morosanova, Bondarenko, 2015); occupational stress indices (IDIKS, Leonova, 2006). The number of errors in the cognitive microstructural tests “Attention Span” and “Stimuli Recognition”, S. Sternberg’s model) was assessed as objective parameter of the operators’ reliability. The sample includes 378 employees of power plants (average age 41): 31 people are middle managers (chiefs and their deputies) and 347 are operational and technical personnel (engineers, electricians, controllers). The results indicate that the main psychological predictors of low occupational stress manifestation include: (1) regulatory processes and features (modeling performance conditions and assessing the result); (2) personality traits (high extraversion and emotional lability, moderate anxiety, sensitivity and self-sufficiency). The level of self-regulation determines differences in indicators of performance reliability of the operating personnel (error-free completion of microstructural tests).
WORK STRESS AND PROACTIVE COPING STRATEGIES IN HOSPITAL NURSES DURING THE FIRST WAVE OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Authors: Kuznetsova Alla S. , Gushchin Maxim V. , Titova Maria A.
Published: October 2021

Relevance. The article presents the results of published studies’ review and the empirical study, targeted to estimate job stressors and proactive coping strategies in nurses during COVID-19 pandemic. The research urgency is connected with the necessity to evaluate psychological availability of nurses to be resistant to high work strain and risk of SARS-CoV-2 contamination.Objectives. The research aim: to compare stress level, job stressors evaluation and proactive coping strategies in nurses with high and low chronic states. Methods. Diagnostic set included: Chronic stress and fatigue inventories by A.B. Leonova; Job stress survey by Ch. Spielberger; Professional burnout inventory by N.E. Vodopyaynova; Proactive coping inventory by E. Greenglass; checklist “Means states’ optimization” by A.S. Kuznetsova. Sample. Hospital nurses (n = 306; age 43,2 ± 10,9; service 20,7 ± 11,5). Results. Revealed job stressors are typical for nurses: inadequate salary, insufficient time for breaks, excessive paperwork and increased responsibility. Strong differences in job stressors evaluation are found between nurses of risk group (with high level of chronic states) and nurses with no chronic states (well-to-do group): in risk group, perceived job stress is significantly higher. Proactive coping strategies are quite high. Regression analysis did not reveal coping strategies as stress predictors. Three months after well-to-do nurses still perceived no high job stress, while in risk group perceived job stress increased. Conclusions. Under pressure of unmanageable pandemic strain, self-evaluation of proactive coping possibilities in risk group and well-to-do group significantly diverged. Most likely perceived stressors are connected with the inability to manage work strain and to minimize the impact of its negative effects.
METHODOLOGY OF STUDYING LABOR INTERESTS OF EMPLOYEES OF MODERN ORGANIZATIONS
Authors: Lobanova Tatiana N.
Published: October 2021

The relevance of this work is associated with the lack in labor psychology of a sufficient number of tools that facilitate the study and assessment of the labor interests of workers. Objective. The goal is to develop and validate a new methodology for researching the labor interests of workers in modern organizations. Methods and sampling. A survey toolkit was proposed, the results of which were compared with individual scales of the methods “Studying the motivational profile of a person” (S. Richie and P. Martin), the methodology of F. Herzberg “Monitoring of labor motives” and the method “Motyp” V. Gerchikov. The sample for standardization purposes included workers in modern industries associated with industry 4.0 from 21 to 50 years with a work experience of 0 to 30 years (N=210). Results. The author’s methodology “Labor interests of workers” has been developed, which includes 35 statements. The content of the statements reflects the theoretical classification of 7 groups of workers’ interests: economic; professional; career; group; corporate; territorial and general civil. In assessing these scales, a 5-point gradation is used (from 1 point — not at all important to 5 — very important). The author’s interpretation of the data obtained includes: the degree of expression of the labor interests of workers, the structure of labor interests in accordance with the above classification, the analysis of priority types of interests based on the ratings given by the respondents. Statistically significant correlations were obtained between the respondents’ answers to individual statements of the methodology and the final result. Numerous direct correlations between indicators of motivation and labor interests were revealed. The reliability factor of the method is 0.662, which corresponds to the average bond strength. Conclusions. The presented methodology is internally consistent, adequate to the research goal and reliable. The results indicate a high construct validity of this diagnostic tool.
Advanced Baseline Imager Cloud-Top Trajectories and Properties of Electrified Snowfall Flash Initiation
Authors: Harkema Sebastian S. , Berndt Emily B. , Mecikalski John R. , Cordak Alana
Published: October 2021

Using gridded and interpolated Derived Motion Winds from the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI), a Lagrangian cloud-feature tracking technique was developed to create, and document trajectories associated with electrified snowfall and changes in cloud characteristics leading up to the initiation of lightning, respectively. This study implemented the thundersnow detection algorithm and defined thundersnow initiation (TSI) as the first group in a flash detected by the Geostationary Lightning Mapper when snow was occurring. Ten ABI channels and four multispectral (e.g., red-green-blue–RGB) composites were analyzed to investigate characteristics that lead up to TSI for 16,644 thundersnow (TSSN) flashes. From the 10.3 μm channel, TSI trajectories were associated with a median decrease of 12.2 K in brightness temperature (TB) one hour prior to TSI. Decreases in the reflectance component of the 3.9 μm channel indicated that TSI trajectories were associated with ice crystal collisions and/or particle settling at cloud top. The Nighttime Microphysics, Day Cloud Phase Distinction, Differential Water Vapor, and Airmass RGBs were examined to evaluate the microphysical and environmental changes prior to TSI. For daytime TSI trajectories, the predominant colors associated with the Day Cloud Phase Distinction RGB transitioned from cyan to yellow/green, physically representing cloud growth and glaciation at cloud top. Gold/orange hues in the Differential Water Vapor RGB indicated that some trajectories were associated with dry upper-level air masses prior to TSI. The analysis of ABI characteristics prior to TSI, and subsequently relating those characteristics to physical processes, inherently increases the fundamental understanding and ability to forecast TSI; thus, providing additional lead-time into changes in surface conditions (i.e., snowfall rates).
Antipsychotic utilisation and persistence in Australia: A nationwide 5-year study
Authors: Taylor Mark , Dangelo-Kemp Dante , Liu Dennis , Kisely Steve , Graham Simon , Hartmann Jodie , Colman Sam
Published: October 2021

Objectives:

To evaluate the utilisation and persistence of antipsychotics for the treatment of schizophrenia in Australia.

Methods:

A retrospective study using the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme database of a representative 10% sample. All adults with schizophrenia who were dispensed three or more supplies of oral (including clozapine) or long-acting injectable antipsychotics between 1 June 2015 and 31 May 2020 were included. Persistence time in treatment was evaluated using survival analysis and Cox hazard ratios.

Results:

In all, 26,847 adults with schizophrenia were studied. Oral second-generation antipsychotics were more frequently dispensed than the other antipsychotic groups studied. Median treatment persistence times were 18.3 months for second-generation antipsychotic long-acting injectables, 10.7 months for oral second-generation antipsychotics and were significantly lower for both formulations of first-generation antipsychotics at 5.2 months (long-acting injectables) and 3.7 months (oral). The median persistence time for clozapine was significantly longer than all other antipsychotics groups.

Conclusions:

Oral second-generation antipsychotics and second-generation antipsychotic long-acting injectables accounted for over 75% and 13% of all antipsychotics in Australia, respectively. Concerns over medication adherence and subsequent relapse have not translated into increased long-acting injectable usage despite their significantly longer persistence. Clozapine, the single most ‘persistent’ antipsychotic, was only used in 9% of people, although up to a third of all cases are likely to be treatment-resistant. Our data suggest clinicians should give consideration to the earlier use of second-generation antipsychotic long-acting injectables and clozapine, to ameliorate prognosis in schizophrenia.
State-building and the European Union: Markets, War, and Europe's Uneven Political Development
Authors: Kelemen R. Daniel , McNamara Kathleen R.
Published: October 2021

The European Union’s institutional development is highly imbalanced. It has established robust legal authority and institutions, but it remains weak or impotent in terms of its centralization of fiscal, administrative, and coercive capacity. We argue that situating the EU in terms of the history of state-building allows us to better understand the outcomes of EU governance. Historically, political projects centralizing power have been most complete when both market and security pressures are present to generate state formation. With the EU, market forces have had a far greater influence than immediate military threats. We offer a preliminary demonstration of the promise of this approach by applying it to two empirical examples, the euro and the Schengen area. Our analysis suggests that the EU does not need to be a Weberian state, nor be destined to become one, for the state-building perspective to shed new light on its processes of political development.
Feminization of Indian Migration: Patterns and Prospects
Authors: Pande Amba
Published: October 2021

The migration of women or female migration has emerged as an important field of research within the larger domain of migration studies and is being extensively explored under various disciplines. This growing trend can be attributed to some major developments in international migration such as rising numbers of women migrants, growth of women-centric occupations, migration of women in an independent capacity, women-related legislations and growth of gendered perspectives on various issues. These factors together increased the visibility of women in the migration process and have given rise to what has been termed the ‘feminization of migration’. This paper explores the various nuances of the feminization of migration and aspects of female migration focusing on India. It begins with an overview of the growing numbers of women in the migratory flows and goes on to determine that despite the rising numbers and increased participation of women in the developmental dynamics of migration, they remain increasingly vulnerable and exposed to exploitation. The paper also highlights some of the critical policy decisions of the Government of India. The paper concludes that feminization of migration has undoubtedly increased the visibility of women in the migration discourse but much more needs to be done in terms of generating appropriate data, highlighting women’s role in the developmental process, evolving policies for ensuring their protection and security and above all empowering them and increasing their participation in the labour market.
Active Contemporary Citizenship as a Research Mode
Authors: Weger Ulrich , Herbig Klaus
Published: October 2021

Active citizenship is a form of civil participation in which direct involvement is emphasized over distanced reflection. As such it seems to be in juxtaposition to the role of the researcher who is typically an external spectator and observes, documents, and analyzes phenomena from outside. This quality of remaining in a state of professional distance and scholarly reflection can pose a dilemma when the multitude of problems in the world is obvious and the need for direct intervention becomes undeniable. Are active citizenship and scientific enquiry opposing modes of participation or can they be complementary? For the duration of 11 months, we pursued a first-person study, seeking to deepen a sense of engagement with the challenges of the time while simultaneously maintaining our role as researchers. We aggregate our findings into four categories—“feelings,” “insights,” “changes in perspective” and the “wrestling to find a balance between inertia and conscience.” The results are contextualized within the broader literature of the self, pointing to facets of identity that encompass both a local and a global form of “active” or “contemporary” citizenship.
Responding to Worldview Threats in the Classroom: An Exploratory Study of Preservice Teachers
Authors: van Kessel Cathryn , Jacobs Nicholas , Catena Francesca , Edmondson Kimberly
Published: October 2021

This study used two training sessions and two focus groups with 17 preservice teachers (aged 20–36) completing their first teaching practicum placement during their Bachelor of Education program at an urban research university in western Canada. The aim was to implement ideas from terror management theory (TMT) during their teaching practicum. Participants explored how to facilitate contentious issues so as to prevent defensive reactions when worldviews clash in the classroom. A dramaturgical analysis identified participant objectives, conflicts, tactics, attitudes, emotions, and subtexts as they explored how to anticipate and avoid worldview and self-esteem threat, navigate tense pedagogical spaces, build capacity for expressing uncomfortable emotions, and diffuse threat with humor. Because difficult emotions are central to teaching potentially polarizing content, participating preservice teachers explored when compensatory reactions might emerge and, as a result, developed their own emotional awareness—TMT became both an experience and a teachable theory.
The Mediating Effects of Student Services on Engagement Among First-Generation and Transfer Students Who Use Disability Services at Community Colleges
Authors: Zilvinskis John
Published: October 2021

Objective/Research Question: The purpose of this research is to explore the way use of student services can mediate engagement among first-generation and transfer students who use disability services at community colleges. The following research questions guided the current study: (1) At community colleges, how does frequency of use of student support services significantly relate to engagement among students who use disability services? (2) For first-generation and transfer students with disabilities, in what way does frequency of use of these services mediate engagement among this population? Method: Using Community College Survey of Student Engagement data, the relationship between frequency of use of student services and engagement behaviors was measured for 7,441 students using disability services. Through structural equation modeling, mediation effects of use of services on engagement for first-generation and transfer students with disabilities at community colleges were measured for academic challenge, support for learners, and student-faculty interaction. Results: Accounting for other student background characteristics, academic advising and career counseling were directly related to these measures and additive effects of this second service held for first-generation students with disabilities, but not transfers. Conclusion: These findings contribute to understanding which student services are successful pathways to increased engagement among students who use disability services. This research complements previous scholarship on increasing access of these services for this group, while suggesting further research may be conducted to understand quality of experience among student services.
Consensus of a class of nonlinear fractional-order multi-agent systems via dynamic output feedback controller
Authors: Zavvari Elyar , Badri Pouya , Sojoodi Mahdi
Published: October 2021

This paper addresses the consensus of a class of nonlinear fractional-order multi-agent systems (FOMASs) with positive real uncertainty. First, a fractional non-fragile dynamic output feedback controller is put forward via the output measurements of neighboring agents, then appropriate state transformation reduced the consensus problem to a stability one. A sufficient condition based on direct Lyapunov approach, for the robust asymptotic stability of the transformed system and subsequently for the consensus of the main system is presented. In addition, utilizing S-procedure and Schur complement, the systematic stabilization design algorithm is proposed for fractional-order system with and without nonlinear terms. The results are formulated as an optimization problem with linear matrix inequality constraints. Simulation results are given to verify the effectiveness of the theoretical results.
The Drunk Utilitarian Revisited: Does Alcohol Really Increase Utilitarianism in Moral Judgment?
Authors: Paruzel-Czachura Mariola , Pypno Katarzyna , Everett Jim A. C. , Białek Michał , Gawronski Bertram
Published: October 2021

The “drunk utilitarian” phenomenon suggests that people are more likely to accept harm for the greater good when they are under the influence of alcohol. This phenomenon conflicts with the ideas that (a) acceptance of pro-sacrificial harm requires inhibitory control of automatic emotional responses to the idea of causing harm and (b) alcohol impairs inhibitory control. This preregistered experiment aimed to provide deeper insights into the effects of alcohol on moral judgments by using a formal modeling approach to disentangle three factors in moral dilemma judgments and by distinguishing between instrumental harm and impartial beneficence as two distinct dimensions of utilitarian psychology. Despite the use of a substantially larger sample and higher doses of alcohol compared with the ones in prior studies, alcohol had no significant effect on moral judgments. The results pose a challenge to the idea that alcohol increases utilitarianism in moral judgments.
Barriers to scholarly publishing among library and information science researchers: International perspectives
Authors: Lund Brady D. , Wang Ting , Shamsi Amrollah , Abdullahi Jamilu , Awojobi Esther Abosede , Borgohain Dhruba Jyoti , Bueno de la Fuente Gema , Huerta Gilberto Parra , Isfandyari-Moghaddam Alireza , Islam Md. Anwarul , Khasseh Ali Akbar , Lamba Manika , Mannan Endang Fitriyah , Manyonga David , Nan Boya , Nie Bing , Raju N. Vasantha , Pineda Eva Ugarte , Shukla Ravi , da Silva Rafaela Carolina , Yusuf Aliyu Olugbenga
Published: October 2021

The 21 authors of this study, 19 of whom are non-native English speakers, reflect on the barriers to publishing academic journal articles in top international journals. Each author responded to the same set of questions pertaining to educational (PhD) opportunities for emerging scholars, financial conditions for researchers, and challenges in publishing their work. Limited English language skills, lack of research funding, and different research topics were identified as the most significant barriers to publish in the journals. Recruiting volunteers or using electronic translations for accepted articles for journals, reducing software and subscription to academic journals costs, expanding journal scope, and providing guidance and collaboration across borders are possible measures to reduce the negative impact of the barriers.
You Can’t Get There from Here: Mobility Networks and the Housing Choice Voucher Program
Authors: Garboden Philip M. E.
Published: October 2021

The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program represents the largest subsidized housing program in the United States. While families with vouchers can, in theory, lease any housing of reasonable quality renting below a rent ceiling, the empirical evidence suggests that they rarely use their vouchers to move to lower poverty neighborhoods. This paper examines the question of how spatial boundaries impact the residential possibilities of HCV subsidized families, both the visible boundaries of Public Housing Authority (PHA) catchment areas and the invisible boundaries of racial and economic segregation. I use administrative data supplied by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which includes all moves by HCV families between 2005 and 2015 in the Baltimore, MD, Cleveland, OH, and Dallas, TX, metropolitan areas. Using a Louvain method of network cluster detection, I subdivide each metro into distinct mobility clusters—sets of census tracts within which voucher holders move but between which they rarely do. I find that the empirical mobility clusters at the metropolitan level are highly defined by PHA’s catchment areas. Even though families are technically allowed to “port” their voucher from one PHA catchment area to another, such behavior is rare. Within the PHA catchment areas, HCV mobility clusters are defined by patterns of race, income, and history. These findings suggest that patterns of racial and economic segregation seem to partially define the mobility clusters within PHA catchment areas, but not across them.
Sociodemographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics, and Basic Skills of the Nonformal Distance Education Participants Among Adults in the US
Authors: Yamashita Takashi , Zhang Jing , Sun Na , Cummins Phyllis A.
Published: October 2021

Despite increasing demand in distance education, relatively little is known about the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics as well as basic skill levels of adult distance education participants at the national level in the US. This study analyzed the US data from the 2012/2014 and 2017 Program for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) to identify baseline determinants of nonformal (i.e., not for a formal credential or degree) distance education among adults aged between 25 and 65 years old. Results showed that higher educational attainment, employment, literacy skills, and digital problem-solving skills were positively associated with nonformal distance education participation. As recent distance education is provided predominantly through the internet and digital device, digital skills may be of particular concern. These identified determinants should be reflected in policy interventions to close education gaps. Additionally, the findings of this study are useful for future research that focuses on psychological and behavioral factors.
The Influence of Moral Intuitions on Americans’ Divergent Reactions to Reports of Sexual Assault and Harassment
Authors: Silver Eric , Silver Stacy
Published: October 2021

Drawing on insights from moral psychology, we examine the influence of moral intuitions on Americans’ divergent reactions to reports of sexual assault and harassment. We hypothesize that Americans whose moral intuitions emphasize care and protection of the vulnerable will show a greater willingness to believe reports of sexual assault and harassment, while those whose moral intuitions emphasize social order and cohesion will show greater skepticism toward such reports. Using data from a nationally representative sample of USA adults ( N =1050), we find strong support for both hypotheses. We also find that the influence of moral intuitions on reactions to reports of sexual assault and harassment is partially mediated by respondents’ willingness to attribute responsibility to victims of sex crimes. Our results hold when females and males are examined separately. The study provides compelling evidence that a moral intuitionist approach is useful for understanding Americans’ divergent reactions to reports of sexual assault and harassment.
Posttraumatic Growth, Centrality of Event, Trauma Symptoms and Resilience: Profiles of Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
Authors: Bakaitytė Aistė , Kaniušonytė Goda , Žukauskienė Rita
Published: October 2021

The current study used a person-oriented approach to investigate (a) potential distinctive groups of women survivors of IPV based on their posttraumatic growth (PTG), centrality of event, resilience, and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) patterns, and (b) examine the role of sociodemographic (age, education, work status) and violence related (physical and emotional violence, time since last violence episode, psychological help) factors in distinguishing these groups. The study sample consisted of 421 women survivors of IPV, and latent profile analysis revealed four profiles: “negative impact” (11% of the sample), “positive growth” (46%), “low impact” (18%), and “distressed growth” (25%). Women age, education, received psychological help, frequency of physical and emotional violence, and time since last violence incident significantly distinguished some of the indicated profiles from each other. Findings of this study contribute to the existing literature by identifying different responses to IPV and investigating some of the theoretical assumptions that had not been comprehensively analyzed in the IPV literature. Limitations of the study and implications for future research are discussed.
Thermally and chemically reacted MHD Maxwell nanofluid flow past an inclined permeable stretching surface
Authors: Patil Amar B. , Patil Vishwambhar S. , Humane Pooja P. , Patil Nalini S. , Rajput Govind R.
Published: October 2021

The present work deals with chemically reacting unsteady magnetohydrodynamic Maxwell nanofluid flow past an inclined permeable stretching surface embedded in a porous medium with thermal radiation. The formulated governing partial differential equations conveying the flow model of Maxwell with Buongiorno modeled nanofluid is transformed into the system of highly non-linear ordinary differential equations via suitable similarity transformations; those equations are transmuted into an initial value problem and then solved numerically by a shooting approach with Runge–-Kutta fourth-order schema. To obtain the physical insight of the flow situation, the influence of associated parameters on the velocity, temperature, and concentration profiles is sketched graphically with the aid of MATLAB software. Furthermore, engineering quantities of interest are interpreted graphically. The computed numerical results are compared to estimate the validity of the achieved results; it has been found out that the computed results are highly accurate. The impact of the Maxwell parameter and inclination angle of the sheet on the velocity field is observed in decaying. Both thermal and solutal energy transport are progressive in nature as the Maxwell parameter and thermophoresis parameter grows, and a reverse trend is observed for Prandtl number.
Modelling, analysis and mitigation of self-excited vibrations of a magnetic track brake
Authors: Tippelt Daniel , Edelmann Johannes , Plöchl Manfred , Jirout Michael
Published: October 2021

Magnetic track brakes work independently of the wheel–rail contact as an additional braking system in railway vehicles. In the past, magnetic track brakes were usually deactivated at velocities below 25 km/h in mainline applications to avoid stopping jerks. However, current demands on braking performance require activation until full stop. During field tests on this subject, severe self-excited vibrations were measured at velocities below 25 km/h.

This study analyses the oscillations observed by focusing on the stability behaviour of a simplified linear coupled electro-magneto-mechanical model of the track brake. Key parameters are identified by applying established criteria of linear stability theory. To account for essential nonlinear effects, a detailed multibody dynamics model with flexible bodies including a more enhanced electro-magnetic model is introduced and parameterised by using measurement data. Simulation results reveal two separate (or combined) mechanisms that may lead to self-excitation. On the one hand, friction-induced vibrations between the magnets and the rail; on the other hand, coupling effects between the electro-magnetic and the mechanical subsystems of the track brake may be the cause of the self-excited vibrations observed. Stability behaviour is influenced by various design parameters and in particular by the contact conditions between track brake and rail. Finally, a few passive methods are briefly discussed that may help to mitigate or reduce self-excited vibrations at low velocities in future designs of track brakes.
Collaborative Partnership and New Farm Management for Solving Drought According to Different Geo-Social Environment in the Northeast of Thailand
Authors: Panyasing Somnuek , Yongvanit Sekson , Nurmandi Achmad , Prabnok Puttharak
Published: October 2021

This article studied the collaborative partnership among governmental organisations, local farmer scholar leaders and farmers at the local level. Their collaborative partnership aimed to promote and strengthen grassroots participation through new farm management. The farmer families tried to cope with drought situation by learning and practising new skills at local farmer scholar leaders’ learning centres. They were supported by related external and internal organisations in order to manage their agricultural areas when confronted with drought and infertile soil. The physical aspect, rolling landscape and mostly sandy soil, combined with excessive water in the rainy season became conditions that heavily affected crops in the northeast of Thailand. This was regarded as a major agricultural problem within the region considered as the most poverty-stricken area of the country. Through learning and exchanging views among the farmers, from various geo-social environments, regarding their drought experiences and new farm management techniques, it was found that they had attained considerable success in improving their appropriate, self-reliant and environmentally friendly agricultural practices, guided by, and complied with, the principles and philosophy of sufficiency economy.
Dilemmas of Distrust: Conspiracy Beliefs, Elite Rhetoric, and Motivated Reasoning
Authors: Radnitz Scott
Published: October 2021

Conspiracy theories are playing an increasingly prominent role worldwide in both political rhetoric and popular belief. Previous research has emphasized the individual-level factors behind conspiracy belief but paid less attention to the role of elite framing, while focusing mostly on domestic political contexts. This study assesses the relative weight of official conspiracy claims and motivated biases in producing conspiracy beliefs, in two countries where identities other than partisanship are salient: Georgia and Kazakhstan. I report the results of a survey experiment that depicts a possible conspiracy and varies the content of official claims and relevant contextual details. The results show that motivated reasoning stemming from state-level geopolitical identities is strongly associated with higher conspiracy belief, whereas official claims have little effect on people’s perceptions of conspiracy. Respondents who exhibit higher conspiracy ideation are more likely to perceive a conspiracy but do not weight motivated biases or official claims differently from people with lower conspiratorial predispositions. The findings indicate the importance of (geopolitical) identities in shaping conspiracy beliefs and highlight some of the constraints facing elites who seek to benefit from the use of conspiracy claims.