bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Mapping the intersection of e-learning, culture, and tradition: a bibliometric analysis
Authors: Yuki Librilianti Kurnia , Anoegrajekti Novi , Lustyantie Ninuk , Abdullah Khairul Hafezad
Published: November 2024

The dynamic relationship between e-learning, culture, and tradition has become a compelling field of study due to the ongoing transformation of educational milieus through technology-driven learning. This study aims to identify and analyse patterns in research publications, active institutions, the impact of citations, and keywords on the intricacies of e-learning, culture, and tradition. This study analysed datasets obtained from the Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) databases using the ScientoPy and VOSviewer. The findings demonstrate a significant increase in research output, highlighting the increasing scholarly interest in understanding the intersection of e-learning, culture, and tradition. The prevalence of keywords such as “mobile learning”, “e-learning”, “cultural heritage”, “augmented reality”, and “distance learning” illustrates the dynamic of the educational field stimulated by technological progress and cultural influences. Also, the keywords emphasise exploring novel learning methodologies incorporating digital resources, protecting cultural heritage, and adapting to changing educational environments. This bibliometric analysis contributes to a greater comprehension of how e-learning interacts with cultural and traditional contexts, thereby enriching the discourse surrounding education in a world that is becoming increasingly interconnected.
Co-teaching in EFL classroom: lessons from collaborative teaching practice in Thailand schools
Authors: Maghfiroh Ana , Prayitno Harun Joko , Yusof Norazmie , Simpol Wanida , Suhendar Uki , Asiyah Siti , Yulianti Dwiana
Published: November 2024

Professionalism of educators is crucial for high-quality learning. To this end, the education study program implemented an internship program to provide direct experience for students (prospective teachers) and engage them in the active and ongoing process of teacher identity construction. However, the increased professionalism of prospective English teachers from this programme is still questionable. This study aimed at i) explaining the importance of collaborative teaching (co-teaching), ii) describing the practice of co-teaching between English mentor of Thai schools and Indonesian prospective teachers, and iii) exploring how co-teaching strategy develops teachers’ professionalism. It applies a descriptive qualitative approach, using observation and interviews. The subject of this study involved two English mentors and two prospective teachers who joined the internship program in Thai schools. The research findings revealed that co-teaching is very important and helpful for prospective teachers in developing teacher professionalism. In this case, English mentors and prospective teachers collaborate since planning stage, implementing the lesson plans developed, and evaluating process. As result, the collaborative teachers indicated some improvement on their pedagogical competence, social competence, and also their English competence.
Sibling attachment inventory for senior secondary school students: standardization in Indian context
Authors: Guha Sampurna , Beri Nimisha
Published: November 2024

The study aimed at exploring, confirming, and validating the factor structure of sibling attachment inventory (SAI) within the Indian cultural context. The hypothesis posits that SAI will show reliable sibling attachment measures, evaluating its psychometric properties with 250 students enrolled in Class XI within govt and private schools, selected through stratified random sampling across 10 districts of Delhi. The research unfolded in three phases: i) data collection utilizing original 25-item SAI; ii) data purification and analysis using SPSS version 23.0; and iii) verification of the factor structure through factor analysis employing principal component analysis (PCA) with varimax rotation and confirming the factor structure using AMOS. The results revealed inclusion of 23 items across three factors viz. trust, communication, and alienation, with high reliability coefficients (α) of 0.954, 0.786, and 0.621 respectively. Preliminary analysis demonstrated commendable internal consistency. This study highlights the importance of considering sibling relationships in understanding adolescent well-being, thereby addressing existing research gaps by focusing on sibling relationships among adolescents, an area often overlooked in favor of parental and peer dynamics. Thus, SAI can support the assessment of sibling-adolescent attachment, thereby helping to enhance intervention, and expanding attachment research scope beyond traditional family dynamics.
Evaluating pedagogical approaches in business education: a comparative analysis
Authors: Suharsono Naswan , Hidayat Rachmad , Zen Fadia , Rusmana Dede , Permansah Sigit
Published: November 2024

The emergence of entrepreneurial groups from university students and alumni can trigger the nation's economic advancement. This study investigated the impact of project-based learning (PJBL) models in enhancing students' business management abilities, integrating components such as resource management, financial-administrative structuring, production, marketing, and business development planning. The research aimed to analyze the most effective teaching methods for business education students to improve learning outcomes in business management skills. The research design adopted a pre-post test format with three phases: treatment phase, test phase, and data analysis phase. The data analysis techniques used included Spearman and Kendall's correlation, Friedman, Kendall's W, Kruskal-Wallis, U test, and Wilcoxon test. The results indicated a significant difference, p0.05, between treatments. Based on the mean rank, the PJBL treatment had the highest mean rank value (3.77; 3.77; 110.40), followed by the problem-based learning (PBL) treatment (2.94; 2.94; 87.14), problem-solving (PS) treatment (1.83; 1.83; 50.67), and finally the traditional learning (TL) treatment (1.46; 1.46; 33.79). This research serves as a recommendation policymaker, educators, students, and any individual aiming to enhance business management skills consider PJBL as a primary treatment or PBL and PS as alternative options.
РОЛЬ ГРОМАДСЬКОГО СЕКТОРА У ПРОВЕДЕННІ ВАКЦИНАЦІЇ НАСЕЛЕННЯ ТЕРНОПІЛЬСЬКОЇ ОБЛАСТІ В УМОВАХ РОСІЙСЬКО-УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ ВІЙНИ
Authors: Никитюк С. О. , Паничев В. О. , Якимчук Ю. Б. , Стельмах О. Є.
Published: November 2024

Мета: проаналізувати роль громадського сектора у проведенні вакцинації населення, знайти фактори впливу на імунопрофілактику населення.
Матеріали і методи. У роботі здійснено оцінку стану імунізації населення в Тернопільській області за даними Тернопільського обласного центру контролю та профілактики хвороб МОЗ України. Аналіз даних здійснювався за допомогою науково-метричної бази Web of Science Core Collection.
Результати. Імунопрофілактика є найважливішою складовою національної стратегії безпеки. На сьогодні є актуальною потреба впровадження Стратегії розвитку імунопрофілактики та захисту населення від інфекційних хвороб й операційного плану її реалізації у 2023–2025 рр. Ця проблема вирішується впровадженням заходів на національному і регіональному рівнях та надавачів послуг на регіональному рівні.
Проаналізовані дані ДУ «Тернопільський обласний центр контролю та профілактики хвороб МОЗ України» у Тернопільській області за шість місяців 2023–2024 рр. (частота захворюваності за нозологіями). Наведені основні цілі та стратегії активізації заходів імунізації, що приведе до покращення результатів вакцинації населення.
Висновок. Виконання вимог Стратегії розвитку імунопрофілактики та захисту населення від інфекційних хвороб, яким можна запобігти шляхом проведення імунопрофілактики, на період до 2030 р. й операційного плану її реалізації у 2023–2025 рр. приведе до зниження інфекційної захворюваності серед дітей і дорослих.
ОПТИМІЗАЦІЯ МЕДИЧНОГО ОБСЛУГОВУВАННЯ ЗА ДОПОМОГОЮ ЦИФРОВОГО МАРКЕТИНГУ
Authors: Запорожан Л. П. , Феш М. С. , Теренда Н. О. , Литвинова О. Н. , Юріїв К. Є.
Published: November 2024

Мета: дослідження специфіки обслуговування у сфері медичних послуг, визначення маркетингового мікро- та макросередовища медичного закладу і проблем застосування цифровізації в Україні.
Матеріали і методи. Під час дослідження було проаналізовано актуальні наукові публікації, доступні в Інтернеті, зокрема зосереджено увагу на трансформаційних процесах у системі охорони здоровʼя, спрямованих на забезпечення рівного доступу українців до якісних медичних послуг. Дослідження здійснено з урахуванням методології та вимог економічного аналізу.
Результати. У сучасних умовах активної диджиталізації всіх сфер суспільства виникає нагальна потреба в ефективному впровадженні новітніх методів маркетингу в медичну сферу. Медичні послуги стають все важливішими в сучасному суспільстві, особливо в Україні, де підвищення якості та ефективності лікувальних послуг стає викликом. Зі зростанням кількості медичних установ – близько 30 тис. усього, з яких 90 % приватні – конкуренція відчутна. Використання маркетингу для поліпшення якості обслуговування та задоволення пацієнтів стає невідкладною потребою. Це включає впровадження онлайн-консультацій та інших ініціатив, що підвищують доступність медичних послуг. Результати показують, що рівень задоволення пацієнтів сімейними лікарями стабільний, але в стаціонарах він змінюється. Такі відмінності потребують уваги при впровадженні маркетингових ініціатив у медичному обслуговуванні.
Висновки. Маркетинг у сфері медичних послуг спрямований на задоволення потреб як закладів, так і їхніх клієнтів. Реклама медичних послуг охоплює різноманітні канали, включаючи ЗМІ, рекламні брошури, рекламу на транспорті, телебачення, соціальні мережі, месенджери та цифровий маркетинг. Важливо орієнтуватися на канали, якими користується цільова аудиторія, та розробляти комплексну стратегію, що охоплює різні етапи процесу залучення та утримання клієнтів. Це сприяє привабленню нових пацієнтів та підвищенню загальної ефективності медичних закладів.
Network Bottlenecks and Task Structure Control the Evolution of Interpretable Learning Rules in a Foraging Agent
Authors: Giannakakis Emmanouil , Khajehabdollahi Sina , Levina Anna
Published: November 2024

Developing reliable mechanisms for continuous local learning is a central challenge faced by biological and artificial systems. Yet, how the environmental factors and structural constraints on the learning network influence the optimal plasticity mechanisms remains obscure even for simple settings. To elucidate these dependencies, we study meta-learning via evolutionary optimization of simple reward-modulated plasticity rules in embodied agents solving a foraging task. We show that unconstrained meta-learning leads to the emergence of diverse plasticity rules. However, regularization and bottlenecks in the model help reduce this variability, resulting in interpretable rules. Our findings indicate that the meta-learning of plasticity rules is very sensitive to various parameters, with this sensitivity possibly reflected in the learning rules found in biological networks. When included in models, these dependencies can be used to discover potential objective functions and details of biological learning via comparisons with experimental observations.
Individual and Situational Characteristics of the Occurrence of Cyber Sickness in the Context of Virtually Supported Military Training
Authors: Herchenröder Ansgar J.D. , Jacobsen Thomas , Herzberg Philipp Yorck , Gorzka Robert-Jacek
Published: November 2024

Cyber sickness (CS) is considered a major challenge in the use of virtual reality (VR). This impacts the planned implementation of VR in the training of operational forces. The present work aimed to investigate the prevalence and onset of CS during virtually supported military training using head-mounted displays (HMDs) and explore related predictor variables. For this purpose, a quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted in which German soldiers (N = 100) were exposed to an immersive fifteen-minute VR scenario. We measured CS severity, age, heart rate (HR), and skin conductance (SC). Using newly developed categories to classify CS severity, the results showed a small prevalence (4%) of CS in the studied sample. Susceptibility to CS was the only predictor of the occurrence of CS symptoms. Accordingly, the present work provides evidence that CS may play a minor role in affecting virtually supported operational training. At the same time, the easily detectable susceptibility to CS promises rapid detection of vulnerable users. Implications and further research are discussed to detect, control, and mitigate CS.
Against #CoronaJihaad: Online Somatic Nationalism and Offline Social Distancing in India during covid-19
Authors: Roohi Sanam
Published: November 2024

This article examines the two waves of the covid-19 pandemic in India in 2020–2021. It disaggregates the different narratives constructed by the Hindu right-wing in online circles. It shows that by instrumentalizing the interactive and multimodal features of social media, the Hindu Right amplified the notion of Muslims as contaminants in the first wave of the breakout, accusing them of weakening the otherwise sacred, virus-resistant Indian nation. During the second wave, the Hindu Right downplayed the role of the Kumbh Mela, a major Hindu pilgrimage and festival, as a super-spreader event. Criticisms of the Hindu festival was deemed a foreign conspiracy aimed at harming India’s body politic. The article argues that the Hindu Right capitalized on the covid-19 crisis to promote religified and somatisized ideals of a ‘muscular Hindu India’ weakened by the Muslim Other from within. This narrative heightened the schism between Hindus and Muslims in India, with long-lasting effects that outlive the pandemic itself. Finally, the article problematizes the notion that digital technologies and virtual spaces necessarily overcome physical barriers and divisions, arguing instead that in the case of the right-wing Hindu Twittersphere, social media congealed intra-communal solidarities and inter-communal antagonisms online echoing divisions in the non-digital, offline world.
‘Best Mosques Near Me’: American Muslims and Online Mosque-Finding
Authors: Stanton Andrea
Published: November 2024

This article uses digital and lived religion perspectives to analyze the phenomenon of American Muslims using online tools to search for and rate-and-review mosques. Focusing on four mid-size U.S. cities – Boston, Indianapolis, Denver, and Seattle – it surveys three major online sources for mosque finding: the Muslim-focused Salatomatic, the review site Yelp, and Google’s location-based search. By braiding together site content and user reviews, it shows how this phenomenon connects users’ functional goal of finding a location for daily or community prayer with the goal of a high-quality user experience. User reviews’ migration toward Google echo a broader shift from computer-based website engagement to mobile engagement and suggest the integration of U.S. mosques into the broader sphere of businesses and services. Overall, they point to the central role that online platforms play in contemporary United States Muslim religious life-worlds, extending review behaviors around consumer goods and services to religious ones.
Guiding the Pious Self: Morality and Affect in Muslim Instructional YouTube Videos
Authors: Malli Gabriel
Published: November 2024

Based on a discourse analysis of German-language YouTube videos that attempt to instruct their audiences in Islamic practice, the article examines the interplay of moral statements and audiovisual elements in religious web videos. YouTube constitutes an affective space for the promotion of normative Islamic models of gendered subjectivity that instruct how to understand and guide oneself. Considering the tensions in the lives of young Muslims in the German context, the videos offer clear notions of gendered Muslim morality within an arrangement of discursive and affective elements that draw on both Islamic oratory and elements of secular popular culture. On a linguistic level, producers address their audiences as immoral subjects alienated from a divine order and call for a self-transformation towards piety. At the audiovisual level, discursive statements are entangled with a fluctuating stream of affective intensities that have the potential to charge moral codes with aesthetic legitimacy and attach viewers to gender norms.
Effect of temperature on growth, metabolism, and gas exchange in Hermetia illucens larvae reared under commercial and laboratory conditions
Authors: Schøn M.L. , Mikkelsen M.V.N. , Jensen K. , Poulsen J.M. , Berggreen I.E. , Schou T.M. , Nørgaard J.V. , Overgaard J.
Published: November 2024

The world’s socio-economic development is continuously increasing the demand for efficient production of food, feed, and energy from the agricultural sector. In this respect, the emerging production of black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) represents a promising system to upscale low-quality resources to higher-quality resources usable as feed or biodiesel. To optimize BSFL production it is critical to establish methods that are relevant to examine how rearing conditions, including temperature, affect growth, metabolism, and body composition at large scale. In a first set of experiments, we therefore compared how small-scale laboratory respirometry chambers (600 larvae) support gas exchange, growth, and metabolism in BSFL with similar measurements obtained from large-scale commercial conditions (>12 million larvae) at ∼34-35 °C. Having observed that small- and large-scale systems generated comparable measurements of growth and metabolism, we used our small-scale respirometry system to examine in detail how substrate rearing temperature ranging from 27.0 to 41.9 °C influenced growth, metabolism, and body composition in BSFL. Here we found that 7-day growth of BSFL was stable and high at 27, 35, and 39 °C, while a rearing temperature of ∼42 °C caused a severe, but sublethal, depression of growth and metabolism. Despite the general similarities in total growth at 27, 35, and 39 °C, we found considerable acceleration of metabolism and development at the two higher rearing temperatures (35 and 39 °C). In contrast, the lower rearing temperature (27 °C) resulted in reduced CO2 production per kg larvae produced and the was associated with a higher crude protein to crude lipid ratio in larvae after the 7-day growth period. Based on these findings we discuss how continued monitoring of gas exchange in production systems holds a potential to optimize production in the emerging industry of large-scale commercial insect production.
Magnetic Properties of Improved Molar Ratio Y1.6Ba2.3Cu3.3O7-y Bulk Magnet
Authors: Lee Sang-Heon
Published: November 2024

YBCO bulk superconductor was fabricated by the seed crystal growth method using a Sm1.8Ba2Cu3O7-y (Sm123) seed. The molar ratio of Y was increased in order to increase the flux pinning magnetic force. The density of Y211 phase, playing the
role of flux pinning center for superconducting bulk magnetic force, was observed to increase in the microstructure of Y1.6Ba2.3Cu3.3O7-y specimens, as the composition of Y, constituting the superconducting bulk, increased. The measured superconducting
critical current density of Y1.6Ba2.3Cu3.3O7-y superconducting bulk was 36,247 A/cm2, a 17% increase due to the increase of Y composition. The measured magnetic levitation force was 74 N, and the maximum trapped magnetic force was 2.56
kG. The superconducting magnetic force tended to increase as the Y composition in the bulk increased. The method of controlling the molar ratio of the elements constituting the superconductor bulk in this study seems to be an alternative to increase the magnetic force of superconducting bulk.
Improvement of Electromagnetic Properties for Y1.5Ba2Cu3O7−y Superconducting Bulk
Authors: Lee Sang-Heon
Published: November 2024

Creating perforations in bulk superconductors and infusing them with a conductive metallic medium enhances the thermal conductivity and mechanical properties of ceramic superconductors. In this study, the top-seeded melt growth (TSMG) technique was employed along with die pressing to
fabricate single-grain YBCO bulk superconductors with engineered perforations. These perforations were introduced into YBCO powder compacts using a specially designed die, without hindering YBCO grain growth during the TSMG process. Subsequently, the YBCO bulk samples underwent oxygenation
and cooling to 77 K through a field cooling method. The trapped magnetic field distribution on the top surfaces of these bulk YBCO samples, both with and without perforations, was assessed using a Hall probe. This paper reports the perforation process in bulk superconductors and its effect
on the trapped magnetic fields of single-grain YBCO superconductors. Notably, samples with engineered perforations exhibited a significantly lower number of pores compared to those without. The single-grain YBCO bulk superconductor with six 3 mm-diameter artificial holes demonstrated high
trapped magnetic fields and magnetic levitation capabilities.
Calculation of Curie Temperature and Carriers Effective Masses of (Ga, Mn)As Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor from the Eight-Band k.p Model
Authors: Alzubaidi K. , Alhummiany H. , Alsayari A.
Published: November 2024

An important step toward the development of spintronic information processing, transfer, and storage devices is the discovery of a dilute magnetic semiconductor (DMS) that demonstrates carrier-mediated ferromagnetism and maintains its magnetic properties above room temperature. Despite
considerable progress made in recent decades, the maximum Curie temperature (∼200 K) remains well below room temperature. Mndoped GaAs are among the various diluted magnetic semiconductor materials that have been studied and have emerged as one of the most promising contenders for technological
usage. The key characteristic of GaMnAs is its ferromagnetic properties, which are critical for spintronic devices. The primary goal of this work is to compute two critical properties of GaMnAs: the effective masses and the Curie temperature. The 8-band k.p model put forth by Kane was
utilized to compile the GaMnAs band parameters using a MATLAB program. Our calculations are based on Lowdin perturbation theory, where spin-orbit, sp-d exchange interaction, and biaxial strain are taken into account. We calculated the Curie temperature of the GaMnAs alloy, within the
mean-field approach based on the Zener model. Our findings demonstrated a direct proportionality relationship between the Curie temperature and the hole concentration (p) in GaMnAs. Moreover, we looked into how the Mn content and strain affected the effective masses of electrons, heavy,
and light holes that were calculated for various crystallographic directions in GaMnAs. The effective masses that were calculated were highly dependent on the Mn content, which ranged from 1% to 5%, and the strain, which varied from −2% (tensile strain) to 2% (compressive strain).
Enhancing Photon Trapping for Optoelectronic Applications Through Controlled Surface Morphology of Electrochemically Deposited CuO Thin Films Using Cyclic Voltammetry
Authors: Albalawi F. , Shirbeeny W. , Alshahrie Ahmed , Dayem Ali A.
Published: November 2024

This study demonstrates the significant enhancement of CuO thin film surface morphology through controlled cyclic voltammetry (CV) for optoelectronic applications. Three trials with different numbers of CV sweeps (10, 20, and 30) were conducted. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis confirmed
a monoclinic structure. It revealed a decrease in crystallite size from 29.6 nm to 23.9 nm as the number of CV sweeps increased, accompanied by an increase in XRD intensity. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) showed groups of spheres with nanosized vacancies as the number of CV sweeps increased.
UV-Vis spectrophotometry demonstrated a 20% increase in transmission and a decrease in bandgap energy from 2.5 eV to 2.2 eV. Photoluminescence (PL) analysis indicated a reduction in PL emission intensity with increasing CV sweeps, highlighting the effectiveness of morphology control for targeted
photon trapping. The Cu doublet state 2p1/2 and 2p3/2 and the oxygen at 1s state could be confirmed using XPS analysis. Also, the surface study of the CuO thin film strengthened the interpretation of the low emission in the thickest films. It reinforced the idea behind
the study of surface morphology. These findings provide valuable insights for optimizing CuO thin film surface morphology in optoelectronic devices.
High-Performance Supercapacitor Stability and Capacitance Enhancements Using Ultrasonic-Assisted Synthesis of Cr2O3-ZnO Nanocomposites
Authors: Hebziba S. Diana Rebbakkal , Fouad H. , Jeevaraj A. Kingson Solomon , Altameem Torki
Published: November 2024

An extensive examination of composite electrode materials is essential for advancing supercapacitors with elevated specific capacitance and outstanding stability. This study introduces a straightforward and effective technique that utilizes ultrasonic-assisted chemical precipitation
to create a nanocomposite of Cr2O3 NPs bonded to ZnO nanosheets (Cr2O3-ZnO NCs). XRD spectra indicate that Cr2O3 is consistent with JCPDS card No. 38-1479, whilst ZnO nanosheets are in agreement with JCPDS card No. 36-1451.
HR-TEM analysis reveals that the Cr2O3 NPs in the Cr2O3-ZnO NCs have diameters ranging between 14.5–16.7 nm. The CV profiles within 10–200 mV/s scan rates exhibit well-defined redox pair reactions with no distortion in the integrated
area. According to the studies of Trasatti and Dunn’s, 90.94% of the charge distribution is caused by capacitance, whereas 9.05% is a result of diffusion. The GCD plots demonstrate that Cr2O3-ZnO NCs exhibit a 926.6 F/g (specific capacitance) when subjected to a
current density of 1 A/g. Furthermore, these NCs retain 83.3% of their initial capacitance even after undergoing 2000 charge and discharge cycles. The improved achievement is ascribed to the existence of Cr2O3 NPs which boost conductivity, promote pseudocapacitive processes,
and hinder the aggregation of ZnO nanosheets by serving as spacers. The features of Cr2O3-ZnO NCs make them highly promising for use in supercapacitor applications.
Study of Processing Conditions on the Molybdenum–Copper Contact Metallization on a p-Type Silicon (100) Wafer for Thermal Management Applications
Authors: Singh Manish , Ramasubramanian Lakshmi Narayanan , Singh Raj N.
Published: November 2024

Thermal management is a key concern for energy storage and power delivery applications in electric vehicles, wind, solar, geothermal power, data centers, and microwave devices because of the increased power density from the miniaturization of power electronics. Diamond offers extraordinary
technological opportunities for thermal management owing to its excellent thermal conductivity. However, the method of deposition of the diamond by microwave plasma-assisted chemical vapor deposition (MPECVD) necessitates high temperatures, leading to the deterioration of the metallization
employed in high-frequency and high-power electronic devices. Therefore, this study involves the deposition of molybdenum and copper (Cu) thin films onto p-type silicon (Si) (100) substrates by magnetron sputtering. A physical mask was utilized to create dot patterns followed by annealing
of metalized p-type Si (100) wafer in argon and hydrogen (H2) atmosphere at 380 °C for 1 h. The current (I)–voltage (V) characteristics and the Hall effect measurements were employed in the as-deposited state, and after annealing in Ar and H2
to study the influence of processing conditions. The current work illustrated ohmic contact resistance responses in the as deposited and post-annealing treatments. This led to the extraction of the electrical properties of p-type Si (100) wafers using Mo–Cu contact.
Dominant Synoptic Systems for Summer Precipitation over the Complex Terrain of Southwestern China
Authors: Zhao Yin , Li Jian
Published: November 2024

Understanding precipitation over complex terrain, such as southwestern China, requires the consideration of both multiscale circulation and topography. First, the dominant synoptic system must be clarified, as it determines how multiscale topography affects precipitation. Here, based on a self-organizing map, large-scale winds are categorized into anomalous-westerly types, anomalous-easterly types, and transitional types. Four synoptic-scale systems (vortex type, cold-front type, tropical-depression type, and weak-synoptic-forcing type) dominate the summer precipitation. The vortex type occurs with strengthened large-scale westerlies, and its precipitation is distributed within the moisture convergence region. The cold-front type, tropical-depression type, and weak-synoptic-forcing type exhibit large-scale easterly anomalies. For the cold-front type, a low-level northeasterly blocked by topography shapes the northwest–southeast-oriented front zone at the upper highland slope. The precipitation frequency and intensity are high within the frontal zone, while the intensity is weak on both sides. For the tropical-depression type, moist low-level easterlies uplifted by westward-rising topography anchor precipitation at the lower slope. Large precipitation for the tropical-depression type is attributed to a high frequency. Large-scale horizontal winds are the weakest for the weak-synoptic-forcing type, and the local topography influences the scattered precipitation distribution. Both the frequency and intensity are high for the weak-synoptic-forcing type. Overall, long-lasting nocturnal events dominate the precipitation of the four synoptic types, while large-scale easterlies favor precipitation events with shorter durations and earlier peaks. For obvious synoptic systems, large-scale topography influences precipitation via a dynamic blocking effect, while the thermodynamic role of local topography is important with a weak-synoptic-forcing.

Significance Statement

Clarifying dominant synoptic systems is highly important for understanding precipitation over complex terrain, as the effect of topography on precipitation varies with different synoptic backgrounds. Taking southwestern China as a representative of complex terrain, this study objectively identified the dominant synoptic systems associated with summer precipitation. The distribution and fine-scale characteristics of precipitation have been further analyzed considering the combined influence of multiscale circulation and topography. In addition to advancing our understanding of precipitation in southwestern China, this study provides a reference for analyzing precipitation in other regions with complex terrains.
Inspired to be transformational: The interplay between employee voice type and manager construal level
Authors: Li Shuqi , Johnson Russell E , Lee Hun Whee , Scott Brent A
Published: November 2024

The power to ignite change in organizations does not rest solely with managers—it can also stem from employees. Employee voice, the upward communication of change-related information, can be a powerful catalyst for inspiring managers to be transformational. To examine how this process unfolds, we utilize the transmission model of inspiration as a theoretical foundation for identifying when and for whom employee voice inspires managers to exhibit change-oriented behavior. Using experience sampling (Study 1) and critical incident (Study 2) methods, we find that employee promotive voice evokes manager inspiration, which in turn motivates managers to enact transformational behavior. In contrast, prohibitive voice, by itself, is not associated with managers’ inspiration and transformational behavior. However, manager trait construal level serves as a critical boundary condition. Managers with a higher-level construal are more likely to be inspired by prohibitive voice because they are more likely to recognize the potential value of such voice, approach it with great interest, and link it to organizational goals. Our study extends knowledge on the consequences of voice by elucidating its impact on managers’ transformational behavior and addresses a critical gap in leadership research by spotlighting the influence that followers have on leaders.
Psychological distress among nurses: Exploring the role of support in the work-place in Morocco
Authors: Alahiane Latifa , Ikrou Ali , Ventriglio Antonio , Essaffani Hicham , Zaam Youssef , Abouqal Redouane , Belayachi Jihane
Published: November 2024

Aim:

This study aimed to assess the psychological distress, specifically anxiety and depression, among nurses employed at University Hospital Center of Rabat in Morocco and tested the associations between support in the workplace and nurses’ psychological well-being.

Methods:

A cross-sectional observational study was conducted at University Hospital Center of Rabat in Morocco, based on a prospective data collection employing an ad-hoc self-report questionnaire. 223 nurses were enrolled with a minimum of 1 year of practice in any care unit. Socio-demographic and professional characteristics of each participant were included. A validated tool was utilized to measure the support from superiors and colleagues in the workplace, while the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was employed to evaluate anxiety and depression. Univariate and multivariate analyses were conducted to explore the relationships between different independent and dependent variables.

Results:

Significant socio-demographic and professional factors associated with increased anxiety included female gender, age over 41 years old, Baccalaureate level of education, intention to leave the hospital, and less support from superiors. Regarding the levels of depression, the Baccalaureate level of education was significantly associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms (β 2.444; CI [1.203, 3.686]).

Conclusions:

Our findings suggested that ensuring support from superiors was crucial for safeguarding the psychological well-being of nurses. Therefore, hospital managers should prioritize addressing the workplace support for professionals, and the organizational enhancement.
Evaluating the mechanical behavior of carbon composites with varied ply-thicknesses using acoustic emission measurements
Authors: Tariq Muzzamil , Scheffler Sven , Anilkumar PM , Sämann Philipp , Bülow Christian , Wiedemann Martin , Rolfes Raimund
Published: November 2024

Laminates are produced by stacking prefabricated plies composed of fiber products. Within the aerospace industry, a ply thickness of 125  μm is commonly regarded as the standard. Ply thicknesses of less than 100  μm are generally considered as thin plies. Due to their ability to provide superior mechanical properties relative to conventional laminates thin-ply (TP) laminates are gaining interest in several high-tech industries. Although the research on TP laminates increased over the past few years, a comprehensive evaluation of the mechanical behavior of TP laminates accounting for the ply-thickness is an ongoing challenge due to the intricacies of ply interactions, and experimental difficulties. The mechanical response of fiber reinforced polymer laminates is governed by damage progression during loading, with the thickness of individual plies playing a crucial role in influencing the initiation and evolution of local cracks and failures. Therefore, in this study, the effective mechanical properties of carbon fiber reinforced polymer composite with varied ply thicknesses have been experimentally evaluated and the accumulation of the damage events has been monitored using acoustic emission measurements, utilizing a contactless laser vibrometer. In this experimental study, the ply thickness is increased in a systematic manner (ranging from 50 μm to 200  μm). Experimental investigation has been carried out in quasi-static tension and compression. The results show that unnotched TP laminates subjected to tensile loading demonstrate enhanced effective strength, attributed to less premature failure. Conversely, as the thickness of the lamina increases, there is a reduction in the overall strength of the laminate. However, in the case of the notched specimen lowest strength has been observed at a ply-thickness of 100  μm in this study. Under compressive loading, unnotched and notched specimen tends to show similar mechanical behavior to unnotched specimens under tensile loading. The overall strength is raised with decreasing ply thickness. The findings from this study may be valuable for incorporating ply-thickness considerations into models for predicting the mechanical performance of laminates under dynamic loading.
The Predictive Role of Personality Disorders and Personality Traits in Death Anxiety
Authors: Husain Waqar , Babar Fatima , Raza Fizza , Trabelsi Khaled , Pakpour Amir H. , Jahrami Haitham
Published: November 2024

The current study investigates the interplay between personality traits, personality disorders, and death anxiety in a sample of 2331 participants (49% males; 51% females) across two phases. The Death Anxiety Scale, the Psychosocial Personality Inventory, and the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire were utilized. The findings revealed significant predictive relationships between personality disorders and death anxiety. Positive correlations were observed between death anxiety and nine personality disorders, including avoidant (r = .227), borderline (r = .123), dependent (r = .157), depressive (r = .098), histrionic (r = .074), narcissistic (r = .111), negativistic (r = .103), obsessive-compulsive (r = .126), and schizotypal (r = .078) personality disorders ( p < .001). Death anxiety had significant inverse correlations with leadership (r = −.101) and spirituality (r = −.099) traits ( p < .005). Avoidant personality disorder projected the highest prediction for death anxiety (β = .227; p = .000). Leadership as a personality trait demonstrated an outstanding ability to prevent death anxiety (β = −.101; p = .013). These findings make a unique contribution to the literature of death anxiety, personality disorders, and personality traits.
Impoverished ascriptions: Investigating stereotypes of single parents from a social role perspective
Authors: Daley Jordan S. , Ortiz Nikolai , Eagly Alice H.
Published: November 2024

Single parenthood is stigmatized, and the current research clarifies how beliefs about agency and communion correspond to this stigma. Consistent with social role theory, the agency and communion ascribed to parents should reflect their success in meeting the demands of parental roles. Yet, the association of single parents with lower socioeconomic status than married parents likely compromises confidence that single parents can fulfill their parental role obligations and, therefore, lowers their perceived agency and communion. To test this account of beliefs about single parents, four experiments ( N = 1003) used multiple methods and samples to examine participants’ beliefs about single and married parents and the psychological links between marital status, socioeconomic status, and the ascription of agency and communion. In general, participants ascribed less agency and communion to single than married parents but not to single parents described as high in socioeconomic status (well-educated and financially well-off).
Populist and Anti-Populist Discourses in Nigerian and Turkish Presidential Elections: Populist Zeitgeist Debate Revisited
Authors: İşeri Emre , Ahmad Muhammad Auwal , Mete Ezgi Su , Ersoy Metin
Published: November 2024

Today, many scholars question whether populism has indeed become the zeitgeist detriment of democracies around the globe. This study compares populist discourses in Nigeria and Türkiye during their 2023 presidential campaigns. Utilizing Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), it explores how did the victorious presidential candidates employ digital media platforms to disseminate their populist and anti-populist messages? This research reveals that Bola Tinubu’s anti-populist discourses mitigated polarization and led to a smooth electoral success in Nigeria. In sharp contrast, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s populist discourses exacerbated political divisions in Türkiye. It concludes that populism neither universally dominates global trends nor guarantees electoral victory, even in polarized Eurasian-African context. Nonetheless, whether labeled as populist or anti-populist during electoral campaigns, such characterizations do not necessarily translate into corresponding policy actions once in office.
Václav Havel: Posthumous Reclamation of a National Hero?
Authors: Falk Barbara J. , Bouvier-Valenta Daniela
Published: November 2024

A playwright, philosopher, and president, Václav Havel was well known at home and abroad for all his “careers” and contributions. This article compares and contrasts the recognition accorded to Havel at home and abroad, examining differing assessments and aspects of his legacy—his key contributions to politics, history, and the history of ideas. Within the Czech Republic, we refer to processes and types of memorialization such as local media, exhibitions, how Havel is and was referenced in protest, and more “official” memorials. This national process of reclaiming Havel increasingly brings his domestic profile into accord with his long-standing international stature—which was decidedly not the case while he was in political office. By following avenues of evidence and example from institutional and official levels to more decentralized, local, and unofficial initiatives, we explore which aspects of Havel’s own usable past are referenced, which in turn illuminates how collective memory is shaped. The process of memorializing Havel and paying tribute to his ideas and legacy is necessarily unfinished. Although he died in 2011, how Havel is remembered will continue to evolve, along with larger national and international discussions of dissidence and the impact of Charter 77, as both he and the Velvet Revolution continue to resonate in movements for political change in authoritarian regimes.
From Dissidence to Heroism: Constructing an Ideal Post-Communist Identity in the Czech Republic
Authors: Blaive Muriel
Published: November 2024

Post-Communist memory politics has occupied a highly disputed symbolic position ever since the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia. This article presents the case of Czech student leaders of the revolution, especially Monika Pajerová (since 2002 Monika MacDonagh-Pajerová), who co-organized the 17 November 1989 demonstration that initiated the fall of the Communist regime. It focuses on the social and political movement “Thank You and Goodbye!” (“Děkujeme, odejděte!”) organized by the same students in 1999. The article analyzes this particular moment as a turning point in post-Communist development: the students’ genuine concerns and their sincere analysis of the democrats’ own shortcomings in and after 1989 created the background for a new ideology of anti-Communist remembrance that would become prevalent in the Czech public sphere in the 2010s. The post-Communist regime’s refusal to integrate the Communist period as a legitimate part of national history prevented the building of an appeased democratic society. It was the original sin of the post-Communist regime, one that would create the need to rewrite the national script concerning Communist history.
Don’t Shoot the Cook: Perceptions of Food Servers and Restaurants as a Function of Blaming Coworkers and Customers for Service Failures
Authors: Seiter John S. , Weger Harry
Published: November 2024

Despite evidence indicating that some front-line employees account for their service failures by undermining coworkers or blaming customers, previous service-recovery research in the restaurant industry has virtually ignored the effects of such actions. This lack of attention is unfortunate considering possible threats to employees’ images and incomes, and to the success of restaurants. This study addressed this issue. Participants ( N = 604) viewed videos of hypothetical restaurant encounters in which food servers offered various accounts for service failures (i.e., delivering incorrect orders) to customers. While imagining they were the customers, participants rated servers (e.g., likeability, credibility, predicted tip) and the restaurant (e.g., likelihood of returning and recommending to others). Accounts that blamed mistakes on others (i.e., customers or coworkers) or minimized mistakes were predicted to be significantly less effective than more traditionally studied account types (e.g., apologies) in repairing the image of servers and the restaurant. Despite notable exceptions, these predictions were supported. Additionally, given a double-bind effect reported in past studies, we predicted, but did not find, that females would be less successful than males when blaming others. Theoretical and practical implications for service industry managers and workers are discussed.
Refusal as caretaking: Lyric poetry and the War on Terror
Authors: Choudhry Misha
Published: November 2024

This article follows the post-9/11 poetry of Naomi Shihab Nye and Solmaz Sharif’s ‘LOOK’ to understand how poets with proximity to the so-called Muslim World language a critique of imperial war. Specifically, I am interested in how lyric poetry betrays the neoliberal imperative to represent Muslims post-9/11 and instead becomes a space of rupture/disruption against what Sunaina Maria refers to as ‘imperial statecraft’. By beginning with Naomi Shihab Nye’s ‘Flinn, On the Bus’ from her 2002 collection 19 Varieties of Gazelle, the article begins with untangling what is framed as the necessity to represent ‘good Muslims’ in the United States post-9/11. I discuss how the representation of Muslims as a coherent group within the West is fraught. Moreover, 19 Varieties of Gazelle leaves the United States’ terms of engagement with Muslims and the so-called Muslim World unquestioned and, thus, reifies them. By her 2005 collection You & Yours, however, Nye abandons the representational project in favor of critiquing the rhetoric of the War on Terror. Here, she begins to engage in what Sharif refers to as ‘the caretaking of the language.’ She begins to question the state’s terms of engagement. The article then moves to Solmaz Sharif’s ‘LOOK,’ which refuses the state’s gaze altogether and instead insists upon questioning the state’s language. Ultimately, the article works to track the emergence of an insurgent poetics in the post-9/11 work of Muslim* poets in the United States.