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Effect of Sound Intensity on Stepping Vigor During Synchronized Walking: Turn up the Music? Beat the Drum Louder?
Authors: Shay Gregory Dean
Published: December 2022

The effect of music loudness on human movement vigor in walking, running and some exercise and sports domain activities has been sparsely studied. The few prior studies employed varied experimental conditions and sometimes with mixed results. Although the isochronous beat of a metronome might also be considered music in its simplest form, no previous studies have reported the effect of metronome sound intensity on vigor in physical activities. Employing a single-case experimental design, this study examined the effects of sound intensity on stepping vigor for both music and metronome auditory stimuli. Experimental conditions included stepping to a single tempo of 116 BPM during synchronous walking around a 2-mi greenway loop track. With walking synchrony confirmed at 100% and lap distance a constant, lap speeds for each stimulus-intensity condition were determined from lap times with high precision. Randomized data were collected over a six-month period with six repetitions for each stimulus-intensity pair.For music, intensity level was varied for three different playlists of familiar/enjoyable music at three normal listening levels of 69.3, 75.0, and 80.2 dB (± 0.6 dB at each level). Over this relatively narrow intensity range of 11 dB, step length and commensurate walking speed increased 3.7% - 5.7% (ANOVA pooled p < 0.0001 for each playlist). The speed-dB response for the music composite was approximately linear over the range, and the music was strongly activating (more step-length and proportional speed) relative to a no sound (no stimulus) condition at the same regression tempo/cadence.For metronome, 5 different levels of sound intensity were employed over a range of 58.9 – 82.0 dB (± max of 0.5 dB at each level). An unexpected increase in speed of 12.2% was obtained over the 23 dB range (ANOVA pooled p < 0.0001). The speed-dB response was linear (R2 = 0.993). As expected, vigor response was greater for music than for metronome at equivalent intensity levels. However, another unexpected finding for metronome was that at higher intensity levels the metronome stimulus was activating, and at lower levels it was relaxing relative to the no sound condition at the same regression tempo/cadence. The increase in speed per unit increase in dB for metronome (0.53% / dB) was surprisingly greater than for music (0.34 – 0.52 % / dB). This might be attributed to a higher beat salience for metronome.Within the conditions and parameters of this study, these findings clearly showed a positive effect of sound intensity on vigor response for both music and metronome during synchronous walking. The findings have performance implications for walkers and perhaps for runners and in some other rhythmic physical activities. The findings may also contribute to a further understanding of the human auditory sensorimotor function and for intervention in some human gait disorders.
Subjective equivalence—a basic requirement for strict framing effects: Commentary on Huizenga et al. (2023)
Authors: Mandel David R.
Published: December 2022

Strict framing effects such as Huizenga et al. examine require that alternative frames are judged to be extensionally equivalent from the participant’s viewpoint. Ascertaining subjective equivalence requires measuring linguistic individual differences in frame interpretation, which is seldom performed. Studies that have examined the issue call the equivalence assumption into question.
''Digital India''
Authors: ISST  , Chakraborty Shiney
Published: December 2022

According to the UN High-level Panel Report (2017), all over the world women are 14 percent less likely to own a mobile phone and women have 12 percent lower access to the Internet than men. In India, the gap is even more pronounced because women are 46 percent less likely to own a mobile phone and there is also a digital divide between rural and urban areas. However, there is no official gender-wise disaggregated data on access to mobile phones and the Internet and against this backdrop, the paper investigates the gender?segregated employment pattern and wages in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry by using the Employment and Unemployment schedule of the NSSO (68th Round, 2011-12). Using personal interviews and focus group discussions (FGDs) in Delhi during 2018, the paper tries to capture the benefits of digital technologies among female informal workers and in young girls’ lives. The paper concludes that education plays an important role in getting jobs in the ICT sector and recommends the need for state intervention in providing women with improved access to digital technologies
A Methodological Reckoning for the Empirical Study of Sex Doll and Sex Robot Issues
Authors: Hanson Kenneth R.
Published: December 2022

In light of repeated calls for empirically driven analyses of sex doll and sex robot owners and users, I outline key methodological challenges researchers in this field currently face. I discuss how methodological limitations have shaped the field thus far and narrowed the scope of empirical research to date. To resolve these issues, I propose strategies for improving archival, quantitative, and qualitative approaches for future scholarship. Specifically, I attend to issues of historicity, nomenclature, population, sampling, qualitative approaches, and research ethics. I conclude with a discussion of how the stigma associated with sex dolls, sex robots, and sex tech amplifies the need for researchers to respect and adhere to ethical research practices yet still maintain a critical distance that directly confronts, rather than skirts, dilemmas related to use, ownership, and production. This methodological reckoning will help scholars design more robust studies and effectively evaluate innovations in the field.
Converting research into climate action
Authors: Adshead Daniel , Akay Haluk , Duwig Christophe , Eriksson Elina , Höjer Mattias , Larsdotter Karin , Svenfelt Åsa , Vinuesa Ricardo , Nerini Francesco Fuso
Published: December 2022

With each IPCC report, the science basis around climate change increases extensively in terms of scope, depth, and complexity. The challenge is making this knowledge accessible to society – and reforming the way researchers generate, package, and communicate scientific findings to produce real climate action.
The Economic Consequences of IT
Authors: Bayoumi Tamim , Barkema Jelle
Published: December 2022

The IT revolution, underway since around 1980, has featured mediocre growth and rising geographic, educational, and generational inequality. This stands in stark contrast to the broad prosperity and convergence experienced in the 1950s and 1960s. We attribute this change to a swivel in the leading edge of productivity growth away from manufacturing largely present in towns to information technology mainly housed in “superstar” cities. Using a spatial model, we show how this can explain: rising prosperity and rapid housing inflation in “superstar” cities; falling relative wages in towns and the countryside; mediocre aggregate productivity due to increasing misallocation of labor; the loss of manufacturing jobs, especially in cities; and falling migration.
The rise of ‘responsible metrics’ as a professional reform movement: A collective action frames account
Authors: Rushforth Alexander , Hammarfelt Björn
Published: December 2022

Recent years have seen a rise in awareness around “responsible metrics” and calls for research assessment reforms internationally. Yet within the field of quantitative science studies and in research policy contexts, concerns about the limitations of evaluative bibliometrics are almost as old as the tools themselves. Given that many of the concerns articulated in recent reform movements go back decades, why has momentum for change grown only in the past ten years? In this paper, we draw on analytical insights from the sociology of social movements on collective action frames to chart the emergence, development, and expansion of “responsible metrics” as a professional reform movement. Through reviewing important texts that have shaped reform efforts, we argue that hitherto, three framings have underpinned the responsible metrics reform agenda: the metrics scepticism framing, the professional-expert framing, and the reflexivity framing. We suggest that while these three framings have co-existed within the responsible metrics movement to date, co-habitation between these framings may not last indefinitely, especially as the responsible metrics movement extends into wider research assessment reform movements.
The theoretical peculiarities of energy poverty research: a systematic literature review
Authors: Guevara Zeus , Mendoza-Tinoco David , Silva David
Published: December 2022

Energy poverty represents a substantial burden on development strategies in the developed and developing world alike, accounts for several hundred thousands excess deaths per year worldwide, and is deeply interconnected to other problems in climate justice and social development. Despite its global relevance and the fact that there has been increased attention to it by governments, academia, and international institutions in the last two decades, the field lacks a clear theoretical foundation, represented mainly by the absence of consistent and agreed-upon conceptual and measurement approaches. This research presents an extensive systematic literature review of energy poverty and related terms since the 1970s and up to the year 2020, focusing on theoretical and methodological contributions. The objective is to synthesize the most influential doctrines, trends, and insights about the phenomenon. The results show that conceptual diversity goes beyond the widely recognized dichotomy between the Global North and Global South, despite several attempts to move towards a composed theoretical framework. Moreover, they also show that measurement, rather than theoretical development, has been the field’s primary focus, leading to many composite and single metrics. Due to the latter, the conceptual development has followed measurement advances instead of epistemological, semantic, or philosophical discussions, though this has started changing in recent years. Finally, considering energy poverty as a broader phenomenon has fueled a more profound debate on justice, which offers a more comprehensive understanding of the actual and expected position of energy poverty in society and development.
Alone and in the dark: Sensemaking through online platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Bastick Zach
Published: December 2022

During the lockdowns and social distancing mandates of the coronavirus pandemic, many turned to digital media to obtain information on COVID-19 and to make sense of the pandemic. At the same time, there has been ongoing scrutiny over the trustworthiness and authenticity of online spaces, such as the risk of fake news and algorithms promoting misinformation and echo chambers. In this chapter, I explore a tangential question: How does being aware of the dangers of our digital environment affect our experience of sensemaking? I present my own journey of reflexivity in making sense of the pandemic, and invite the reader to analyze how their awareness of filter bubbles, disinformation, platform governance decisions, and other influences over online spaces affects their experience of sensemaking and sheds light on relationship between the self, the other, and the machine.
Neighbourhood effects on loneliness among adolescents
Authors: Marquez Jose , Qualter Pamela , Petersen Kimberly , Humphrey Neil , Black Louise
Published: December 2022

Background: Loneliness is a growing public health concern, but little is known about how place affects loneliness, especially during adolescence. This is the first study to examine the influence of neighbourhoods on loneliness in early-to-mid adolescence. Methods: Baseline data from the #BeeWell cohort study in Greater Manchester (England), including 36,141 adolescents (aged 12-15 years) across 1,590 neighbourhoods were linked to neighbourhood characteristics using administrative data at the LSOA-level and analysed using multilevel regression. Results: Neighbourhood differences explained 1.18% of the variation in loneliness. Ethnic, gender, and sexual orientation inequalities in loneliness varied across neighbourhoods. Several neighbourhood characteristics predicted loneliness at the individual level, including skills deprivation among children and young people, lower population density, and perceptions of the local area (feeling safe; trust in local people; feeling supported by local people; seeing neighbours as helpful; and, the availability of good places to spend free time). Finally, a longer distance from home to school was associated with significantly higher loneliness. Conclusions: Neighbourhoods account for a small but significant proportion of the variation in adolescent loneliness, with some neighbourhood characteristics predicting loneliness at the individual level, and loneliness disparities for some groups differing across neighbourhoods.
Social networks, cultural capital, and educational inequality: Investigating network mechanisms and differences in academic achievement
Authors: Lenkewitz Sven
Published: December 2022

Students with more cultural capital fare better in the educational system. However, while research shows the link between cultural capital and academic success, it largely neglects the role of friends in the school grade advantage of culturally-endowed students. Therefore, since peer processes are relevant for students’ school grades and social networks can amplify social inequality, this study examines (1) whether friendship relationships differ for students with a low vs. high amount of cultural capital and (2) whether friendship networks are connected to the school grade gap between students with a different cultural capital endowment. To this end, I analyze longitudinal social networks of around 1400 adolescents in 18 German secondary schools with stochastic actor-oriented models and employ simulations. Results show that adolescents with more cultural capital tend to select higher-achieving peers as friends and that adolescents tend to influence each other's school grades. However, simulations, which help to explore alternative scenarios, suggest that peer influence can work in favour of culturally-disadvantaged students. This counterintuitive finding can be explained because culturally-advantaged adolescents select higher-achieving peers compared to their schoolmates, but compared to their own grades they have slightly lower-achieving friends and vice versa. Accordingly, simulations suggest that social networks can decrease educational inequality under the right circumstances.
Voter Information and Distributive Politics
Authors: Blumenthal Benjamin
Published: December 2022

I consider a series of models of political agency with moral hazard and adverse selection, in which politicians allocate resources to voters. Within these models, which combine electoral accountability and distributive politics, I ask: is more information good for voters? With homogeneously informed electorates, I first show how and when less information can benefit voters, through the interaction of both partial control and partial screening effects. Building on this mechanism, I subsequently consider heterogeneously informed electorates and ask: how can voters’ welfare be affected by the informational advantage of a few voters? Is it better to be among the more informed few or the less informed many? I show that the ability of more informed voters to communicate with less informed voters and the nature of their informational advantage can play a significant role in affecting voters' welfare by influencing politicians' incentives to allocate resources to specific voters.
Pragmatism and Probability: Re-examining Keynes’s thinking on probability
Authors: Bateman Bradley W.
Published: December 2022

As we celebrate the centenary of John Maynard Keynes’s Treatise on Probability (1921), we are still faced with unresolved, fundamental questions about his foray into the philosophy of probability. One of these unresolved questions concerns whether Keynes (1931) later changed his mind in response to intense criticism from Frank Ramsey (1922,1931) and abandoned the logical theory of probability. The purpose of this essay is to argue that Ramsey had an even wider influence on Keynes’s work than has been recognized, and that this influence was not just on his philosophy of probability, but also on his economics. Understood in this fuller context, it seems even more clear that Keynes embraced and built upon Ramsey’s subjective theory of probability in The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (1936).
Ethnic and regional inequalities in the Russian military fatalities in Ukraine: Preliminary findings from crowdsourced data
Authors: Bessudnov Alexey
Published: December 2022

Objectives: This paper investigates ethnic and regional disparities in fatality rates in the Russian military during the 2022-23 war in Ukraine.Methods: The analysis uses a new crowdsourced data set comprising the names of over 20,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine between February 2022 and April 2023. This data set was compiled by a team of volunteers who gathered information from social media and other accessible sources. The data set is incomplete and therefore the findings reported in this paper are tentative. Mortality rates and relative risks are estimated by ethnic group and region, and a linear model is fitted to assess correlations between population ethnic composition, socio-economic factors, and regional fatality rates.Results: The study reveals significant disparities in military fatality rates across Russian regions, with the highest mortality observed among soldiers originating from economically disadvantaged areas in Siberia and the Russian Far East, and the lowest from Moscow and St.Petersburg. Buryats and Tuvans are overrepresented among the fatalities relative to their population share. However, when regional socio-economic disparities are accounted for, ethnic differences in mortality rates are considerably reduced.Conclusions: The observed regional and ethnic fatality disparities appear to be driven by socio-economic inequalities between regions.Contribution: This paper evaluates social inequalities in fatalities in the Russian military in Ukraine and compares these findings with the research on US military casualties.
How Safe is Owner-Occupied Housing? An Exploration of Philadelphia's Basic Service Repair Program
Authors: Green Jamaal William , Reina Vincent
Published: December 2022

Owner Occupied housing is generally assumed to be safe and of reasonably high quality in the United States. Prior research on housing quality using the American Housing Survey generally finds housing quality is good. Recent research critiquing housing quality measures found in the AHS and offering alternative measures complicate this assumption by showing housing quality is more variable than usually assumed and the costs of housing repair needs are worth billions of dollars a year. In order to better understand the state of housing quality in owner occupied housing we present information from Philadelphia's Basic Systems Repair Program (BSRP). BSRP is an emergency repair program that offers grants to low income homeowners. From 2009-2019 the city has spect a little over $98 million in repairs helping nearly 11,000 households. Comparing AHS derived estimates of housing quality to the BSRP we find that housing quality for owner occupied homes in Philadelphia may be more severe than is often assumed and that severe housing quality issues disproportionately affect Black homeowners in the city. Planners concerned with stabilizing neighborhoods, protecting property values and the racially disparate costs of homeownership should pay closer to attention to housing quality issues and look at the feasibility of emergency home repair programs in affected areas.
Public Confidence in the Slovenian State Prosecutors’ Office
Authors: Pina-Sánchez Jose , Plesničar Mojca
Published: December 2022

This report presents results from a representative survey exploring attitudes of the Slovenian general public towards the work undertaken by the State Prosecutors’ Office. We found that a majority of participants (about six in ten) think that courts are currently too lenient, while more than nine in ten think that the State Prosecutors’ Office does not prosecute enough crimes to deter crime effectively. Slightly less than half of participants find the State Prosecutors’ Office to be trustworthy, independent, efficient, transparent, or express confidence in its work. Such perceptions were more positive for participants who would classify themselves as informed regarding the work of the State Prosecutor’s Office, consider that enough crimes are prosecuted, are politically left-leaning, younger, highly educated, and of above average social class.
The Dark Side of Infrastructure: Roads, Repression, and Land in Authoritarian Paraguay
Authors: Gonzalez Felipe , Miquel-Florensa Josepa , Prem Mounu , Straub Stéphane
Published: December 2022

Transportation infrastructure is associated with economic development, but it can also be used for social control and to benefit the governing elite. We explore the connection between the construction of road networks, state-led repression, and illegal land allocations in the longest dictatorship in South America: Alfredo Stroessner’s military regime in Paraguay. Using novel panel data from the truth and reconciliation commission, we show that proximity to newly constructed roads facilitated state-led repression, illegal allocation of agricultural plots to dictatorship allies, and hindered sustainable economic development in the following decades.
The Community Security according to the theses of the Copenhagen School
Authors:   Center for Future Studies, سلام هیمن , ياس رشيد
Published: December 2022

This After the end of the Cold War and the emergence of internal problems such as the division of societies on the basis of ethnicity and nationalism، the escalation of terrorism، the increase in drug abuse and illegal immigration... etc. ، It became clear that security is not only limited to the external security of countries and the national interests. In fact، internal problems، might pose a fundamental threat to the security of societies، the emergence of internal security threat coincided with the emergence of new security schools and theories. The new theories worked to expand the concept of security when they linked between internal and external security. They considered the security of people and communities as a security reference object، alongside state security. One of the main school that give importance to the internal security as a referent object is the Copenhagen school. The concept of community security is one of its main theses. This study examines the causes of insecurity in the societies and examines how the security might be achieved according to the main thesis of Copenhagen school.
The effect of electronic newspapers on spreading the concept of genocide among the Aezidis
Authors:   Center for Future Studies, صادق شيماء , رمضان عمر
Published: December 2022

The importance of electronic newspapers has emerged as an inevitable, realistic and indispensable necessity in various fields. electronic newspapers are distinguished by their ability to influence and interact quickly as a new method in the field of media and communication and play an important and prominent role in the transfer of news and information in various fields and follow-up on what is broadcast on these sites, in monitoring what is happening in the internal and external environment, satisfying the psychological need and social. Our research topic talks about the role of social networking sites in spreading the concept of genocide among the Aezidis. This study aims to identify the role of social networking sites in spreading the concept of genocide among the Aezidis. The current study relied on the survey method through the questionnaire and statistical methods and test correlations. The main conclusions of the study were summarized as follows: 1. A large proportion of the respondents trust electronic newspapers to obtain information and news about the concept of genocide, and we conclude that the use of social media has become a daily necessity for different segments of society, especially the Aezidis. 2. The study proved the validity of the alternative hypothesis. There is a correlation of statistical significance between the demographic variables of the Aezidis and their use and their confidence in what social networking sites publish. 3. The study proved a significant direct correlation between the use and trust of the Aezidis on news and published materials to increase their knowledge ambition about the events and their utilitarian motives as a result of this trust and use.
The Future of Terrorism in Iraq
Authors: رسول عابد , فارس جەزا
Published: December 2022

After 2003 in Iraq and due to the appropriate environment came to being and due to the American invasion and intervention from regional counties, and bad governmentship, several terrorist groups from different perspectives appeared and functioned the presence through different scenarios about the future of terrorist groups in Iraq, this study is supposed to answer that question in which future terror is heading to and the future of terror is open some possibilities, including get weakened until fading out of continuing like present, overall the case scenario of regrouping is likely its worth mentioned we used analytic method for the depicting terror phrase. And also description method is used for recognizing the subject of the study in such academic way, as well as exploring method or generalizing to figure out the future of terror in Iraq, depending on gathering the information’s that our case scenario needs. The first subject is under tittle the emergence of terror in Iraq after 2003. Which consisted of two subjects, the first one titled with terror terminology, the second one tittle with terror emergence in Iraq after 2003. The second object of our study is under the tittle the future of terror in Iraq in which subdivided into three branches, each separate branch is dedicated for depicting a case scenario from the other scenarios of future of terror besides showing some results
The Central Bank of Iraq between Independence and Public Financial Dominance during 2005-2022
Authors:   Center for Future Studies, احمد جهانگیر
Published: December 2022

Although the Central Bank of Iraq enjoys independence in its administrative and financial affairs and in the formulation and implementation of monetary policies in general, in accordance with Law No. 56 of 2004, but the interventions of the legislative and executive authorities, and the presence of public finance dominance on monetary policy, put this independence in an ambiguous position. This research has tried to determine the degree of legal independence of the Central Bank of Iraq according to the (CWN) criterion and based on the Central Bank Law. At the same time, he worked on analyzing and presenting the working mechanisms of public financial dominance on monetary policy as an antithesis to independence. The research concluded that the independence status of the Central Bank of Iraq according to the text of the law differs from its actual status in terms of operation. In order to solve this problem, the research put forward a number of suggestions, the most important of which are: respect for the law of the central bank by all parties and a complete cessation of interference in its affairs, enhancing the level of coordination, consultation and exchange of views between the legislative and executive authorities and the central bank, which is permitted by law, as well as Work to reduce public financial dominance on monetary policy by reducing the general budget deficit and reducing dependence on oil export revenues, thus reducing the impact of these two financial variables on monetary variables and directing monetary policy.
The Impact of the Political Thought of the Kharijites and Shia on the Kurds: The Islamic Middle Ages 2-5 AH / 8-11 AD
Authors:   Center for Future Studies, محمد ياسين , إسماعيل صلاح
Published: December 2022

The purpose of this research is to identify the political thought of two main ideological groups in Islamic history, namely; Kharijites and Shiites that share the near timing of the emergence. The research attempts, in the light of the historical and cultural research method, to investigate the reasons, how and the date of the arrival of the two sects to the Kurdish areas, and the relationship of the people of these areas with them. The disclosure of these questions constitutes the main axes of the research, especially in issues related to the imamate and the caliphate that are included in the investigations of the political thought of the two sects. The study presents the beginnings of Kurdish acquaintance with foreign and Shiite ideas and the motives for the participation of the Kurdish regions in the activities and ideological theses of both groups between the 2st-5th centuries AH / 8th-11th centuries AD. This period coincides with the Abbasid Caliphate's control of the reins of affairs and the intellectual development of Kurdish societies and their influence on the currents emanating from the center of government.
Richard Snyder’s Approach for Analyzing Decision-Making Process in Foreign Policy
Authors:   Center for Future Studies, Husien Sartip
Published: December 2022

This paper focuses on the foreign policy analysis (FPA) and the decision–making approach of Richard Snyder, particularly as one of the classical approaches for analyzing the decision-making process in foreign policy (FP) of the world's governments. The purpose of this research is to investigate Snyder's contribution to foreign policy analysis. In addition, the qualitative method is employed to collect the desired data. The result demonstrates that the foreign policy decision-making (FPDM) is one of the traditional approaches which emphasizes individual and group based dynamic as it is disclosed by Snyder and his colleagues. Similarly, it is one of the most significant academic ways to analyzing states foreign policy in international politics (IP) and can still be used to analyze countries' FP. Also, this approach as a theoretical framework is one of the fundamental FPAs that is regarded as a subfield of international relations (IR) and it evaluates the effect factors of the state FP.
Exploring and exploiting various regimes within the jet shower
Authors: Kunnawalkam Elayavalli Raghav
Published: December 2022

The last few years have seen community-wide excitement in the study of jet substructure derived from the inner workings of clustering algorithms. Such efforts have resulted in the design of new observables which are related to partonic processes from final state hadrons. Since jets are multi-scale objects, they necessarily encode information about both the perturbative (pQCD) parton shower and non-perturbative (npQCD) physics including hadronization. Recent high precision measurements of jet substructure in proton-proton (pp) collisions have pushed the theoretical community into extending their predictions to higher orders resulting in the observation of large theoretical uncertainties from the non-perturbative regime of the calculations. We emphasize the importance of understanding a jet shower from a multidimensional point of view and highlight a recent measurement focused on distinguishing the pQCD vs. npQCD regimes within a jet shower. We introduce and discuss the utility of the formation time evaluated at varying stages of the jet shower in pp collisions. Finally, we present a monte-carlo study of the formation time of charged particles within the jet to gain a handle on hadronization mechanisms including stringbreaking, and outline a path forward for such observables in heavy ion collisions.
Multiplicity-Momentum Correlations in Relativistic Nuclear Collisions
Authors: Cody Mary , Gavin Sean , Koch Brendan , Kocherovsky Mark , Mazloum Zoulfekar , Moschelli George
Published: December 2022

We introduce a two-particle correlation observable that measures multiplicity-momentum correlations and may facilitate an estimate of the level of equilibration of the medium created in relativistic nuclear collisions. We calculate that multiplicity-momentum correlations should vanish in equilibrium in the Grand Canonical Ensemble, therefore non-zero measured values may indicate that the system has not reached local thermal equilibrium. Information about the level of equilibration of the system is important because many state-of-the-art models assume local equilibration either directly or through the use of an equation of state that makes this assumption. We make estimates of multiplicity-momentum correlations using PYTHIA/Angantyr and find positive values comparable in magnitude to well-measured correlations of transverse momentum fluctuations. We then outline a formalism that can use multiplicity-momentum correlations and correlations of transverse momentum fluctuations to quantify the level of partial thermalization of the system.
PHENIX Spin Physics Overview
Authors: Fitzgerald Dillon S.
Published: December 2022

Understanding the spin structure of the proton is of large interest to the nuclear physics community and it is one of the main goals of the spin physics program at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). Measurements from data taken by the PHENIX detector with transverse (p ↑ + p, p ↑ + Al, p ↑ + Au) and longitudinal (⃗p + ⃗p) proton polarization play an important role in this, in particular due to the leading order access to gluons in polarized protons. This is a crucially important counterpart to measurements made in lepton-hadron scattering experiments where gluons are not accessible at leading order. Transverse spin asymmetries provide insight into initial and final-state spinmomentum and spin-spin parton-hadron correlations, while longitudinal spin asymmetries provide access to parton polarization. A number of important recent PHENIX results and ongoing analyses will be presented, along with a discussion of how these measurements contribute to our understanding of proton spin structure.
Physical activity and its relationship with health-related quality of life in type II diabetics
Authors: Meza-Miranda Eliana Romina , Núñez-Martínez Beatriz Elizabeth
Published: December 2022

Due to the chronic nature of the disease, type II Diabetes mellitus (DM2) can affect the quality of life and perception of health. The objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of life, perception of health, and level of physical activity in type II diabetics in December 2021. A descriptive, analytical cross-sectional design study, which included 116 volunteers with DM2 through an online survey where sociodemographic data, quality of life according to the EuroQoL-5D, health perception according to a visual analog scale, and level of physical activity according to the international IPAQ questionnaire. The study was approved by the Scientific and Ethics Committee of the Paraguayan Association of Graduates in Nutrition (code number 128/2021). The average age was 51.9 years, 63.8 were female, 79.3% resided in Asunción and the Metropolitan Area, and 39.5% had a secondary education level. 94% continued treatment, hypertension being the most frequent comorbidity. The quality of life showed 38% with moderate depression and/or anxiety. The quality-of-life index was 0,62±0.12 and the perception of health was 65.3±17.6. The predominant level of physical activity was low (45%). When comparing the quality-of-life index and the perception of health according to the level of physical activity, it was found that these variables showed better scores in those who perform moderate to high physical activity. The level of physical activity is a determinant of health-related quality of life, the greater the intensity of physical activity, the better the quality and perception of health indices in diabetics patients.
Effects of CrossFit training program and traditional gym training on morphological characteristics of men
Authors: Kićanović Ljubiša , Živanović Bogdan , Vukadinović Jurišić Mila , Obradović Jelena
Published: December 2022

CrossFit is recognized as one of the fastest-growing high-intensity functional training modes in the world. The study aimed to compare the effects of the CrossFit training program and traditional gym training on anthropometric measurements in healthy, active men. The study sample consisted of 50 participants who were divided into two groups, 22 participants who practiced the CrossFit training program (CFT group; 28.64±2.04 years; body height 181.74±6.96 cm; body mass: 72.75±5.53 kg), and 28 participants who applied traditional gym training (GT group; 26.89±2.99 years; body height: 184.52±7.80 cm; body mass: 74.86±8.48 kg). A total of ten anthropometric measurements (Body height, Body mass, BMI, Subscapular, Abdominal and Triceps skinfolds, Chest, Forearm, Upper arm, and Thigh circumferences) were monitored before and after twelve weeks. The Shapiro-Wilk test was used to test the normality of distribution. The multivariate analysis covariance (MANCOVA) and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) were used to analyze the data. The results of this study indicated that there were statistically significant differences between groups in the Circumference of the upper arm (p=0.02), Thigh circumference (p=0.00), Chest circumference (p=0.03), and Subscapular skinfold (p=0.00). The findings of this study demonstrated that healthy, active males who participated in the 12-week CrossFit training program improved their anthropometric measurements more than those who trained in the traditional gym training.
Moving beyond the physical: Exploring the holistic benefits of a therapy-based physical activity program for individuals with Parkinson’s disease
Authors: Fasczewski Kimberly S. , Stevens Nolasco R. , Michels Hannah S. , Howard Jennifer S.
Published: December 2022

In individuals diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease (PD), a chronic neurodegenerative disorder affecting movement and functionality, therapy-based physical activity (PA) that includes repetitive, quick motions benefits physical and cognitive functioning and can positively impact the disease course. Furthermore, the benefits of therapeutic PA participation may extend beyond physiological outcomes by positively influencing social and psychological well-being, thus increasing the overall quality of life (QoL). The current research examined a regional healthcare system-supported group therapeutic boxing/PA program for PD using a biopsychosocial lens to synthesize the holistic benefits of long-term program participation. Researchers conducted semi-structured focus group interviews with program participants (n = 18) and their caregivers (n = 7) to explore the perceived benefits of a combination boxing/PA program that included 30 minutes of boxing and 30 minutes of an alternate rotating PA 1-3 times per week. Results indicated a positive impact on participants’ and caregivers’ QoL by increasing socialization and empowerment and improving/maintaining physical function. These results demonstrate the importance of using a biopsychosocial approach in program design and evaluation of PA-based PD interventions. In addition to addressing PD-specific physical needs, PA programs should be constructed to include supportive social atmospheres and consider non-physical needs and overall QoL outcomes of patients and caregivers.
Chokeberry juice affects membrane lipid status and cellular antioxidant enzymes in healthy women with aerobic training activity
Authors:   University of Belgrade, Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, Centre of Research Excellence in Nutrition and Metabolism, Belgrade, Serbia, Vidović Nevena , Pantović Ana ,   University of Belgrade, Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, Centre of Research Excellence in Nutrition and Metabolism, Belgrade, Serbia, Stevanović Vuk ,   University of Belgrade, Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, Centre of Research Excellence in Nutrition and Metabolism, Belgrade, Serbia, Šarac Ivana ,   University of Belgrade, Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, Centre of Research Excellence in Nutrition and Metabolism, Belgrade, Serbia, Robal Kristina ,   University of Belgrade, Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, Centre of Research Excellence in Nutrition and Metabolism, Belgrade, Serbia,   Harokopio University, School of Health Science and Education, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Athens, Greece, Stevanović Stevan ,   University of Belgrade, Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, Centre of Research Excellence in Nutrition and Metabolism, Belgrade, Serbia,   Special Hospital for Psychiatric Disorders “Kovin”, Kovin, Serbia, Glibetic Maria ,   University of Belgrade, Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, Centre of Research Excellence in Nutrition and Metabolism, Belgrade, Serbia
Published: December 2022

The present study examined the effects of aerobic training alone or combined with chokeberry juice on membrane lipid status and activities of antioxidant enzymes in non-athlete women. Participants were randomly assigned into the training group performing aerobic training three times per week; the chokeberry-training group followed the same training regime and additionally consumed 100 ml of chokeberry juice per day and the control group neither trained nor consumed the juice. Blood samples were collected at baseline and the end of the eight-week-long intervention. Membrane fatty acids’ composition was analyzed by gas-liquid chromatography, while the activities of antioxidant enzymes were measured by spectrophotometry. As a result, the n-3 fatty acids’ content was significantly higher in the chokeberry-training (median (interquartile range) of 5.96 (1.65) %) compared with the control group (5.12 (0.87) %), while saturated fatty acids’ content was lower in the chokeberry-training (40.14±1.19 %) than in the training group (42.59±2.29 %). We detected significantly higher activity of superoxide dismutase in the training (2224 (2170) U/gHb) compared with the chokeberry-training (1252 (734) U/gHb) and control group (1397 (475) U/gHb). Our study indicates that supplementation with chokeberry juice may induce favorable changes in cell fatty acid composition and antioxidant response in women performing aerobic training.
CHOICE OF INVENTORY ACCOUNTING METHOD UNDER IFRS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF POSITIVE ACCOUNTING THEORY
Authors: DALCI İlhan , ÖZYAPICI Hasan
Published: December 2022

This study aims to explore how firm-specific factors influence managers’ choice of inventory accounting methods under International Accounting Standards/International Financial Reporting Standards from a positive accounting theory perspective. A total of 921 companies from 11 different countries are included in the study for the year 2019. Multiple regression analysis is used to test the impact of explanatory variables on the choice of inventory accounting method. The results demonstrate that firm size and capital intensity influence the choice of FIFO negatively, which show that as firm size and capital intensity increases, companies’ tendency to select FIFO decreases, consistent with political-cost hypothesis.
Bentuk-Bentuk Disfemisme pada Akun Instagram @kpipusat dan Implementasinya sebagai Bahan Ajar Bahasa Indonesia di SMA
Authors: Sutanto Dwi , Assidik Gallant Karunia
Published: December 2022

Kebebasan dalam memberikan komentar di media sosial membuat warganet leluasa berkomentar. Tujuan dilakukan penelitian ini yaitu untuk menjabarkan bentuk-bentuk serta fungsi disfemisme pada komentar akun Instagram @kpipusat dan implementasinya digunakan sebagai bahan pembelajaran bahasa Indonesia pada jenjang SMA. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Data pada penelitian ini berupa ungkapan disfemisme pada komentar akun Instagram @kpipusat. Metode pengumpulan data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode simak dengan teknik lanjutan simak bebas libat cakap dan teknik catat. Metode analisis data menggunakan metode agih dengan teknik lanjutan BUL atau Bagi Unsur Langsung dan metode padan dengan teknik lanjutan. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa ditemukannya data berupa bentuk dan fungsi disfemisme. Bentuk-bentuk disfemisme pada kolom komentar akun Instagram @kpipusat berupa kata, klausa, dan kalimat. Sedangkan fungsi yang ditemukan yaitu fungsi mencemooh berupa hinaan, menyindir, atau menjatuhkan, fungsi mengungkapkan kejengkelan, fungsi menunjukkan ketidaksetujuan, dan fungsi menunjukkan gambaran negatif terhadap seseorang atau sesuatu.
Deiksis Ruang dan Waktu pada Film Stand by Me Doraemon 2 Karya Takashi Yamazaki
Authors: Rahayu Ajeng Agustina , Utari Retno
Published: December 2022

Dalam berkomunikasi, kata tunjuk sering digunakan saat berbicara dengan lawan tutur terutama dalam film Jepang. Oleh sebab itu, tujuan penelitian ini yaitu untuk mengidentifikasi jenis deiksis ruang dan waktu yang terdapat dalam film Stand by Me Doraemon 2 karya Takashi Yamazaki dan mengetahui jenis acuan yang terdapat dalam film Stand by Me Doraemon 2 karya Takashi Yamazaki. Metodologi penelitian kualitatif ini adalah analisis deskriptif yang menganalisis percakapan antar tokoh yang terdiri dari kata-kata deiksis ruang dan waktu dalam film Jepang berjudul Stand by Me Doraemon 2. Data dikumpulkan dengan menggunakan metode simak catat. Kemudian dianalisis dengan metode Miles dan Huberman, yaitu data-data penting direduksi, dikelompokkan, dan disimpulkan sesuai dengan fokus penelitian. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dalam film Stand by Me Doraemon 2 terdapat deiksis ruang dan waktu. Terdapat 28 deiksis ruang yang terdiri dari deiksis ruang jenis penunjuk, tempat, keadaan, dan arah. Kemudian terdapat 18 deiksis waktu yaitu terdiri dari waktu lampau, saat ini, dan akan datang. Deiksis yang paling sering digunakan adalah deiksis ruang jenis penunjuk berupa kata これ (kore) yang artinya “ini”. Di samping itu, deiksis waktu yang paling sering digunakan adalah jenis waktu lampau berupa kata さっき(sakki) yang artinya "tadi". Acuan yang terdapat dalam kata yang mengandung deiksis terdapat 19 jenis acuan endofora dan 27 jenis acuan eksofora. Penelitian ini diharapkan dapat digunakan sebagai bahan pembelajaran untuk pengajar dan pembelajar bahasa Jepang.
Fibonacci Polynomial Approach for Solving a Class of Fractional Differential Equations with Proportional Caputo Derivative
Authors: ALKAN Sertan
Published: December 2022

In this paper, a numerical solution method to solve fractional differential equations with proportional Caputo derivative is introduced. Fibonacci collocation method is applied to a class of fractional differential equations. In order to show the efficiency of the proposed method, two illustrative examples are presented by tables and graphical forms. After observation the tables and graphics, it is concluded that Fibonacci collocation method gives very good and robust approximation results for the class of investigated fractional differential equations.