bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Dreams Without Disguise: Using Freud’s Case of Dora to Demonstrate a Radically Client-Centered Approach to Dreams
Authors: Jennings Jerry L.
Published: November 2022

In contrast to Freud’s conviction that dreams are a disguise of unconscious forbidden desires, this dream-centered methodology shows that dreams are intrinsically honest and have “self-discernable” meaning that can only be grasped by the dreamer. The article describes simple techniques to help clients center on their dream experience and self-realize the truths embodied in the rich, wondrous, and mysterious (but not “disguised”) images in their dreams. By using Dora’s own words and applying historical/biographical details of her life, the method allows her dream images to finally speak their truths—and overcome the tyranny of Freud’s relentless, over-sexualized interpretations. By repeatedly overruling Dora’s own ideas with his authority, Freud caused Dora to distrust her own understanding of her dream images along with her other feelings and perceptions about herself and the outrageous conduct of the adults in her life. By helping to facilitate the self-discernible meaning of dream images, therapists honor the autonomy of clients like Dora and foster their self-affirming capacity to draw wisdom and enrichment from their dreams.
About Crows and Nightingales: Which Factors Predict Vocal Abilities in Elementary School Children?
Authors: Wolfs Zyxcban , Boshuizen Henny P. A. (Els) , Brand-Gruwel Saskia
Published: November 2022

In this study, we explored associations between perception of musical features (pitch, tonality, timing, timbre, and loudness), vocal abilities (singing accuracy, melodic achievement, and rhythmic performance), and cognitive levels (reading accuracy and comprehension, grammar, and math) among children ages 6 to 12. Musical perception abilities were measured using the Implicit Tonal Ability Test. Vocal abilities were measured using the Vocal Musical Ability Test. Cognitive levels were measured using standardized Dutch performance tests on academic skills. We investigated which factors (age, gender, cognitive levels, school type, music perception abilities, and participation in music education) predict vocal abilities and how these abilities differed by age. Results showed that singing accuracy was best predicted by gender, math level, and music perception abilities. Melodic achievement was best predicted by age, school type, math level, and music perception abilities. Rhythmic performance was best predicted by age, instrumental music education, and music perception abilities. Regardless of their age, differences in singing abilities between children were large. We advise teachers to provide activities in which repetition and prediction of patterns, scales, all intervals, and intonation are practiced, including transposing melodies and repeating rhythmic patterns.
Effect of Time Pressure on Tourism: How to Make Non-Impulsive Tourists Spend More
Authors: Li Chunxiao , Wang Yuting , Li Hui
Published: November 2022

It is of commercial interest to stimulate non-impulsive consumers to spend more. Tourism provides a promising context to extend this research to the impulse buying of people who are non-impulsive in daily life. By utilizing two experiments and two post-trip surveys, this study reveals how the time pressure encountered in a tourism environment influences tourists’ impulse buying. The results show a special impact of time pressure in tourism settings, whereby time pressure significantly increases the impulse buying of the non-impulsive tourists; this effect is lacking for impulsive tourists. The rarity perception of current experience, activated implicitly rather than at a conscious level, leads non-impulsive consumers to engage in a rare behavior (i.e., impulse buying) through an unconscious link between perception and behavior. Conclusions reflect the particularity of tourism and provide guidance for practice after COVID-19.
Imagining an Otherwise Global Public Administration
Authors: Nisar Muhammad Azfar , Masood Ayesha
Published: November 2022

Global public administration remains an incomplete project with contested notions of its aims and objectives. Given its disputed nature we focus on developing a negative definition of global public administration. We argue that a global public administration cannot be based on a singular ontology, western epistemology and Eurocentric research agenda. Moreover, a truly global public administration must not be committed to myopic limitations concerning its scope, historicity, objectives and research methods. To help foster discussion toward reimagining a different public administration, based on the postcolonial work of Khatibi, we argue for an otherwise thinking about global public administration. This would require looking with alterity for inspiration and insight, looking back to learn from history, looking differently to formulate new questions through new lenses, looking inwards at disciplinary exclusions, and looking dialectically to navigate the macro-micro research divide.
Hidden in the light: Scientists’ online presence on institutional websites and professional networking sites
Authors: Paruschke Laura , Philipps Axel
Published: November 2022

The visibility of individual scientists and their academic performance plays a major role in gaining the creditability to get funded and to advance in academic positions. Therefore, web presences are increasingly used to boost one’s own visibility, disseminate research results and keep up to date with the research of others. However, previous reports show that these channels are not used equally by all scientists. Our study therefore investigates how faculty members ( N = 868) at all universities in Lower Saxony (Germany) in the disciplines of physics, biology and chemistry present themselves on institutional websites and professional networking sites. We find that online presentations on institutional websites are mostly rudimentary. In contrast, there are more informative self-presentations on professional networking sites for both established (professors) and less-established (only PhD holders) faculty members. Our figures confirm observations that scientists present themselves online, but less-established ones seem to find less-supportive environments in academic institutions.
Artful Legitimacy: The Role of Materiality in Practices of Legitimation
Authors: Cnossen Boukje , Bencherki Nicolas
Published: November 2022

This paper highlights the role of materiality in legitimising art organising as occurs at festivals and performances. Through ethnographic fieldwork pertaining to art events and projects, we documented how legitimacy is accomplished through the very performance of art. We observed that artistic practices materialise the very norms by which they are assessed and demarcate a normative space of their own. Our paper contributes to the research on legitimacy by showing that it takes place through connection with societal norms and also through a disconnection that fosters such a distinct space. Legitimation thus corresponds to configuring the specific situation where the actions under scrutiny are legitimate; it is a continuous process that is accomplished not for but with an audience.
Importance of Personality Traits for Destination-Language Acquisition: Evidence for Refugees in Germany
Authors: Kosyakova Yuliya , Laible Marie-Christine
Published: November 2022

We analyze the role of personality traits in destination-language proficiency among recent refugees in Germany. While personality traits have been shown to predict educational outcomes, they have been largely overlooked for immigrants’ language acquisition. We extend a well-established model of destination-language proficiency and assume that personality traits’ effects manifest through the channels of exposure, efficiency, and incentives. Using longitudinal data and growth curve models, we find that personality traits significantly shaped destination-language learning. Openness to new experiences, conscientiousness, risk appetite, locus of control and resilience were positively related to destination-language proficiency, while agreeableness and neuroticism were insignificant. The positive impact of extraversion and the negative impact of self-esteem on destination-language proficiency were only marginally significant. For all personality traits, we observe that both the efficiency of learning and exposure to learning opportunities represented possible channels through which personality traits affected refugees’ destination-language proficiency. In sum, personality traits affect refugees’ destination-language proficiency and, thereby, contribute to sustainable economic and societal integration processes. We conclude by discussing implications for international migration research and policy.
The Throw of Isis-Aphrodite: A Rare Decorated Knucklebone from the Metropolitan Museum of New York
Authors: Nifosi Ada
Published: November 2022

Knucklebones were ubiquitous objects in the ancient world and they had several meanings, from gaming pieces to oracular dice. The study of a new unpublished decorated knucklebone from Graeco-Roman Egypt with a ‘Baubo’ image of a squatting naked woman, preserved at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, offers the opportunity to explore the variety of contexts of use of decorated knucklebones in this area: from play and divination to Orphic rituals and local religious festivals. Its decorated sides represent three Graeco-Egyptian deities whose meanings and magical interactions can be understood through the comparison with other Romano-Egyptian gaming pieces, terracottas, magical gems and papyri.
Analysis of vertical axis wind turbine blade for off-shore applications
Authors: Manzoor Tareq , Gohar Ghulam Abbas , Asghar Asim , Manzoor Sanaullah
Published: November 2022

In this work, static and dynamic analyses are carried out on VAWT blade using analytical and numerical methods to figure out reasons behind the failure in the blade for off-shore applications arising due to turbulence of wind. The design flaws and different operating conditions play major role in failure of blades. Fatigue life cycles, natural frequencies of blade in different modes and turbine harmonic frequency have been calculated analytically using Goodman’s and vibration analysis theories respectively. In analysis, life cycles, natural frequencies and mode shapes for VAWT blade are studied. Analytical and numerical results have been compared, life cycles and frequencies are determined. The numerical results showed good agreement with theoretical concepts.
The Political Economy of Hegemonic Masculinity: Race, Income, and Housework in the United States
Authors: Small Sarah F.
Published: November 2022

Macrocultural dynamics of hegemonic masculinity complicate microeconomic negotiations. In this article, I examine hegemonic masculinity as an explanatory framework to understand how gendered work in households differs along income and race dimensions. I use Panel Study of Income Dynamics data to demonstrate how men of different race and income groups respond to their female partner out-earning them, an economic threat to masculinity. Results indicate that upper-income couples with White men have a strong aversion to the situation in which a woman out-earns her male partner. Middle-income White men follow suit, but lower-income White men, and Black men in most income groups, do not. I discuss how these findings relate directly to power, patriarchy, and the hegemonic nature of hegemonic masculinity.

JEL Classification: B54, J15, J16
The Effects of Changing Negatively Worded Items to Positively Worded Items on the Reliability and the Factor Structure of Psychological Scales
Authors: Dodeen Hamzeh
Published: November 2022

In survey measurement, acquiescence bias is a response effect that occurs when respondents agree to the item or the question in the scale regardless of its content. It is assumed that negative items force participants not to agree with some items. Using the mixture approach, however, is not without a substantial cost on both the structure and the scale psychometric properties. The effects of including negative items in scales is what this study tried to investigate. Therefore, the aim of the study is to empirically evaluate the effects of changing negative items to their equivalent positively worded items on the reliability and the factor structure of psychological scales. It is hypothesized that this approach improves the scale factors structures and reliability. Seven commonly used psychological scales that have both negatively and positively worded items have been selected. The scales were applied on seven different samples with a total number of 4192 participants from a public university in the United Arab Emirates. The results confirmed that changing negative items to their equivalent positively directed items systematically and significantly increased the reliability values as well as improved the factor structure of psychological scales.
Parametric assessment of surface behavior and the impact of heat in micro drilling of fiber laser machined AISI h13
Authors: Rubaiee Saeed
Published: November 2022

H13 is a tool steel with good strength to thermal cracking, and resistance to wear, and erosion. It is extensively employed in the manufacture of molds and dies. Because of its hardness, it is challenging to manufacture with traditional methods, and damages the surface during cutting, which lessens the effectiveness of components. Recently, laser cutting has become a possible method for achieving high rates of material removal. The use of laser cutting to manufacture complicated forms is a contemporary development in laser technique. The drilling on 0.44 mm thick H13 by 100 m fiber laser rays is highlighted in this study. Entropy using COPRAS is employed to optimize fiber laser settings for the drilled hole. Response surface analysis is utilized to determine correlation of fiber lasers process parameter and ANOVA validates the model. Further, ANN is used to predict the experimental results. In the current research, the laser’s output power, scanning speed, and duty cycle are all taken into account. The results of the tests revealed that laser power is the most important element affecting the quality of drilled holes. The optimum condition of COPRAS grade offers 4.27 µm of roughness, 89.89 µm of heat impacted zone, 139.595 µm of overcut, and 0.074113 mm of material removal rate. The observed and predicted figures are relatively near to each other, according to the experiments. The outcomes of the confirmation test (PO = 5 W, SOS = 10 mm/s, DC = 25%) demonstrate that optimal conditions provide greater surface precision than initial trails.
Intelligent machine fault diagnosis based on deep transfer convolutional neural network and extreme learning machine
Authors: Cen Jian , Chen Zhihao , Wu Yinbo , Yang Zhuohong
Published: November 2022

With the in-depth study of researchers in the field of fault diagnosis, many machine fault diagnosis methods based on deep learning have been proposed. These methods have achieved remarkable results, but some practical issues still should be solved, such as lack of sufficient training data with labels and long training time. In this research, a machine fault diagnosis method using deep transfer convolutional neural network (DTCNN) and extreme learning machine (ELM) is proposed. Firstly, continuous wavelet transform (CWT) is adopted to transform vibration signals into 2D time-frequency images. Then, the optimal DTCNN pre-trained by ImageNet dataset is selected to extract high-level features of time-frequency images. The extracted high-level features further are input to the ELM classifier for fault classification. Finally, the extracted high-level features further are input to the ELM classifier for fault classification. The effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed method are verified on two well-known datasets, including the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) motor bearing dataset and the KAt bearing dataset of Paderborn University. The experimental results show that the proposed method can greatly reduce the computational time of the model while ensuring high accuracy of diagnosis, and DTCNN-ELM outperforms other state-of-the-art methods.
Adaptive neural network tracking control of an omnidirectional mobile robot
Authors: Feng Xingkai , Wang Congqing
Published: November 2022

The trajectory tracking control problem of an omnidirectional mobile robot is studied in this article. The omnidirectional mobile robot is adsorbed by suction cups for aircraft skin inspection, which is a typical nonholonomic system. In the control design part, a novel adaptive neural network control scheme is presented in the presence of uncertainty and external disturbance. The adaptive neural network has the characteristics of weights online updating. The neural network is applied to estimate uncertainty online to obtain the desired tracking performance. The weights online updating algorithm contains a correction term, which is an improved algorithm to ensure robustness. On the basis of Lyapunov theory, the closed-loop system can converge to an arbitrarily small domain containing origin. This illustrates that the closed-loop system is globally asymptotically bounded stable. Excellent control performance can be obtained by selecting design parameters reasonably. A simulation example of tracking an eight-shape trajectory is given to verify the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.
Expectations of the Ontario Healthcare System following the Implementation of Ontario Health Teams
Authors: Naqvi Hussain Ali
Published: November 2022

With the arrival of Ontario Health Teams (OHTs), healthcare providers, clinicians and patients seek to witness the efficacy of an integrated care model. OHTs are built on the concept of healthcare integration, coordinated care, shared fiscal and clinical accountabilities between multiple healthcare service providers, as well as bridging the gaps between the clinical, social and health promotional aspects of care delivery. This meta-narrative review seeks to examine, compare and determine the efficacy of the integrated care model using cross-sectional studies from around the world to see how integrated care effects health related outcomes. The efficacy of the model will be determined by evaluating the abilities of other integrated care models to reduce healthcare expenditures, improve coordination of care between healthcare service providers, bolster patient satisfaction and health outcomes, minimise emergency and life-threatening cases, lower emergency hospital admission rates as well as provide a comprehensive set of healthcare services including biomedical, mental and social supports. For future applications, this study could be used as a guideline to highlight areas of improvement in integrated care models, as well as to evaluate benefits of existing models and determine best approaches forward.
Predicting the Intention and Adoption of Environmentally Friendly Entrepreneurial Activities Among the Rural Households
Authors: Mamun Abdullah Al
Published: November 2022

To mitigate the consequences of extreme natural events from climate change in Malaysia, this study focused on predicting the intention and adoption of environmentally friendly entrepreneurial activities. This study used cross-sectional design and collected quantitative data from 380 rural households through a structured interview. Findings revealed that environmental literacy and concern has a positive effect on environmental attitude, moral obligation on subjective norms, perceived control, enterprise resources, and perceived behavioural control. Attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control have a positive effect on intention towards environmentally friendly entrepreneurial activities. The findings are expected to assist scholars and policymakers in promoting green entrepreneurial activities that can contribute to the environment and socio-economic development. Therefore, various organizations should focus on assessing the feasibility of green business concepts through training and financial assistance to generate socio-economic sustainability.
Psychiatrist and trainee moral injury during the organisational long COVID of Australian acute psychiatric inpatient services
Authors: Looi Jeffrey CL , Maguire Paul A , Kisely Stephen R , Allison Stephen
Published: November 2022

Objective

This paper provides a commentary on the risk of moral injury amongst psychiatrists and trainees working in the acute psychiatric hospital sector, during the third winter of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conclusions

Moral injuries arise from observing, causing or failing to prevent adverse outcomes that transgress core ethical and moral values. Potentially, morally injurious events (PMIEs) are more prevalent and potent while demand on acute hospitals is heightened with the emergence of highly infectious SARS-CoV-2-Omicron subvariants (BA.4 and BA.5). Acute hospital inpatient services were already facing extraordinary stresses in the context of increasingly depleted infrastructure and staffing related to the pandemic. These stresses have a high potential to be morally injurious. It is essential to immediately fund additional staff and resources and address workplace health and safety, to seek to arrest a spiral of moral injury and burnout amongst psychiatrists and trainees. We discuss recommended support strategies.
Nonlinear vibration characteristic of a sandwich cylindrical panel with auxetic core and GPLRC facing sheets embedded with piezoelectric layers
Authors: Karimiasl Mahsa , Alibeigloo Akbar
Published: November 2022

This paper deals with the nonlinear vibration behavior of sandwich panels composed of Graphene platelet reinforced composite (GPLRC) skins and auxetic core embedded with piezoelectric layers subjected to the thermo-magneto-electric loading. The nonlinear equations are obtained by applying Hamilton’s principles in the framework of higher-order shear deformation theory (HSDT) and von Karman’s nonlinear theory. Linear and nonlinear equations of motion are solved by applying the differential quadrature method (DQM) and homotopy perturbation technique, respectively. In the numerical illustration, at first validation of the present formulation is carried out by comparing the numerical results with those available in the open literature. Then the effects of several parameters such as geometric parameters of auxetic core, applied voltage, magnetic potential, GPL volume fraction, different boundary conditions, and temperature rise on the nonlinear frequency response of sandwich panel are studied. From numerical results, it was concluded that the sandwich panel incorporating auxetic core and piezoelectric layers could increase the magneto-electrical power output.
Fear of COVID-19 and Smartphone Addiction Among Turkish Adolescents: Mitigating Role of Resilience
Authors: Yıldırım Murat , Çiçek İlhan
Published: November 2022

The objective of the present study is to examine the mediating effect of resilience on the association between fear of COVID-19 and smartphone addiction in the era of COVID-19. Participants included 508 Turkish adolescents (53.9% girls; M = 17.78 ± 1.11 years) attending high schools or supplementary schools and completed measures of fear of COVID-19, smartphone addiction, and resilience. Girls reported higher scores on fear of COVID-19 and smartphone addiction and lower scores on resilience than their peers. Findings indicated that fear of COVID-19 significantly predicted resilience and smartphone addiction. Resilience also significantly predicted smartphone addiction. Mediation analysis showed that resilience partially mediated the relationship of fear of COVID-19 with smartphone addiction. Overall, current results suggest that high levels of fear of COVID-19 fuel the development of smartphone symptoms through reduced resilience. The fear of the COVID-19-smartphone addiction association appeared to be partially explained through resilience.
Understanding the Coevolution of Ad Spend by Media Channel and Retail Format Sales at the Country Level: A Multicountry Examination
Authors: Lee Hannah S. , Yalcinkaya Goksel , Griffith David A.
Published: November 2022

The marketing literature has long recognized the positive relationship between advertising spending and sales at the firm level. However, this literature overlooks country-level heterogeneity of both the advertising channel and retail format evolution, limiting global managers’ understanding of the heterogeneity and evolution of advertising channels and retail formats across country markets and, therefore, managers’ ability to effectively formulate a global marketing strategy that adjusts for such differences. The authors call for a glocal approach when considering the association between ad spend by media channels and retail format sales at the country level, accounting for country institutional environments. They explore this topic using a 29-country, seven-year unbalanced panel data set. The authors find that there is substantive heterogeneity in ad spend by media channels and retail format sales across countries. Further, they find that changes in ad spend in specific media channels are positively associated with changes in related retail format sales at the country level, whereas the associations between changes in ad spend in media channels with unrelated retail format sales are more nuanced. The findings are informative to international marketing managers navigating the complex and ever-evolving retail landscape and highlight the importance of thinking globally while acting locally.
A review of the novel tissue factor antibody–drug conjugate: Tisotumab vedotin
Authors: Luu Kevin , Chu Angelyne , Chang Brandon
Published: November 2022

Objective

To review and compare the pharmacology, efficacy, and safety of the novel tissue factor antibody–drug conjugate, tisotumab vedotin

Data sources

Literature search was performed through PubMed MEDLINE, Google Scholar, ClinicalTrials.gov, and the Food and Drug Administration.

Data summary

Tisotumab vedotin, a novel tissue factor antibody–drug conjugate, was granted accelerated approval by the US FDA on 20 September 2021 for adult patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer with disease progression on or after chemotherapy. Tisotumab vedotin demonstrated clinical efficacy in a number of solid tumors in innovaTV 201 and more specifically in cervical cancer in the pivotal phase 2 innovaTV 204. In the single-arm innovaTV 204 study, 101 patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer received intravenous tisotumab vedotin at the recommended dose of 2 mg/kg every 3 weeks until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. The independent review committee confirmed an objective response rate of 24% with 7% complete responses and 17% partial responses. Tisotumab vedotin is associated with several notable adverse events with data from innovaTV 204 including ocular toxicity, hemorrhage, and peripheral neuropathy. Ninety-two percent of patients experienced treatment-related adverse events with 28% experiencing an adverse event of grade 3 or higher.

Conclusions

Metastatic cervical cancer has a high risk of relapse with few effective second-line therapeutic options. Current guidelines recommend single agent tisotumab vedotin as a possible option. Ongoing trials will further define its place in therapy.
Is Hotel Technology a Double-edged Sword on Customer Experience? A Mixed-method Approach using Big Data
Authors: Park Hyekyung , Lee Minwoo , Back Ki-Joon , DeFranco Agnes
Published: November 2022

This study aims to identify the critical hotel guest technology that enhances the hotel customer experience. By applying the two-factor theory, the study discovers the asymmetry impact of hotel guest technology on customer satisfaction and dissatisfaction. This study uses an integrated approach of big data analytics and impact asymmetry analysis on a dataset of 520,757 online reviews of 435 hotels in New York City derived from TripAdvisor.com. Big data analytics is implemented to identify significant attributes of hotel guest technology. Then, the five unique roles of hotel guest technology in customer satisfaction and/or dissatisfaction are identified through impact asymmetry analysis. The integrated approach reconciles inconsistent findings from prior research and guides hotel operators to prioritize hotel guest technology to increase customer experience.
Further Quantifying the Niche-Neutral Continuum of Human Digestive Tract Microbiomes with Near Neutral Model and Stochasticity Analysis
Authors: Chen Hongju (Daisy) , Ma Zhanshan (Sam)
Published: November 2022

It is postulated that the human digestive tract (DT) from mouth to intestine is differentiated into diverse niches. For example, Segata et al. discovered that the microbiomes of diverse habitats along the DT could be distinguished as 4 types (niches) including (i) stool; (ii) sub-gingival plaques (SubP) and supra-gingival plaques (SupP); (iii) tongue dorsum (TD), throat (TH), palatine tonsils (PT), and saliva (Sal); and (iv) hard palate (HP) and buccal mucosa (BM), and keratinized gingiva (KG). These niches are different not only in composition, but also in metabolic potentials. In a previous study, we applied Harris et al’s multi-site neutral and Tang and Zhou’s niche-neutral hybrid models to characterize the DT niches discovered by Segata et al. Here, we complement the previous study by applying Sloan’s near-neural model and Ning et al’s stochasticity analysis framework to quantify the niche-neutral continuum of the DT microbiome distribution to shed light on the possible ecological/evolutionary mechanism that shapes the continuum. Overall but excluding the stool site, the proportion of neutral OTUs (46%) is slightly higher than that of the positive selection (38%), but significantly higher than negative selection (15%). The gut (stool) exhibited 3 to 12 times lower neutrality than other DT sites. The analysis also cross-verified our previous hypothesis that the KG ( keratinized gingiva) is of distinct assembly dynamics in the DT microbiome, should be treated as a fifth niche. Our findings offer new insight on the long-standing debate concerning whether a minimum of 2-mm of KG width is necessary for marginal periodontal health.
South Korean immigrant workers in Germany: L2 German verb placement and sociolinguistic factors
Authors: Joo Hyoun-A
Published: November 2022

Aims and objectives/purpose/research questions:

This study explores the asymmetric placement of the finite verb in Korean L2 German speakers and examines the effect of sociolinguistic factors on the produced verb placement patterns.

Design/methodology/approach:

Fifty-eight participants performed a sentence completion task that elicited the preferred placement of the (finite) verb in matrix and subordinate clauses. In addition, language background interviews were conducted to better understand the sociolinguistic circumstances of the Korean immigrants.

Data and analysis:

The experimental data are analyzed using implicational scaling to identify patterns of verb placement. The effect of sociolinguistic factors was tested fitting an ordinal logistic regression model.

Findings/conclusions:

Contrary to the developmental stages of L2 German syntax found in previous research, the experimental results revealed that target-like subordinate clauses are produced more robustly than verb second (V2) constructions. It is argued that this result is better explained with difficulties producing subject-verb inversion, V2, than with facilitative L1 transfer effects from Korean, producing German subordinate clauses with V-final order. Concerning social factors, the type of occupation (coal miner or nurse) was most significant in predicting the preferred L2 verb placement pattern, followed by L2 education and age of immigration.

Originality:

This article adds to the understanding of L2 German syntax by revisiting previously identified stages of L2 German development with data that target the preferred verb placement in matrix and subordinate clauses from less-researched L1 Korean speakers. The intra-group distinction of Korean immigrants into coal miners and nurses further allows a differentiated look at the role of sociolinguistic factors.

Significance/implications:

This research is significant as it aims to draw a comprehensive picture of L2 German acquisition and usage in the context of labor migration, highlighting a less-studied group of immigrants.
Technologies of last resort: The discursive construction of digital activism in Wired and Time magazine, 2010–2021
Authors: Balan Victoria , Dumitrica Delia
Published: November 2022

This article approaches digital activism as an object of discourse and asks: how is the political prowess of digital technologies discursively articulated in news magazine coverage of digital activism? We take an exploratory approach that maps the representations of digital activism in two world-renowned news magazines – Wired and Time, between 2010 and 2021. We find five dominant narratives through which digital technologies gain political significance, namely: as a last resort; as a witness; as a double-edged sword; as sites of creativity; and as enablers of horizontalism. We argue that these narratives contribute to a persistent discourse casting digital technologies as powerful political tools of grassroots empowerment, which enable unprecedented levels of citizen mobilization. This discourse rehearses techno-utopian imaginaries casting digital technologies as democratizing forces while underplaying the difficulties of sustaining mobilization and of working towards political change.
Tactics of invisibility: How people in vulnerable positions make datafied everyday life livable
Authors: Talvitie-Lamberg Karoliina , Lehtinen Vilma , Valtonen Sanna
Published: November 2022

Various data platforms force the individual into constant presence and visibility. However, the ways in which datafied environments relate to experienced vulnerabilities in our everyday lives remain unclear. Through diaries produced by and interviews with participants from three groups who occupy presumably vulnerable positions and who currently live in Finland, we explore the ways in which people challenge expectations and prior assumptions related to forced visibility. Using the concept of tactics developed by de Certeau, we aim to understand how individuals make everyday surveillance culture livable through what we call tactics of invisibility. Based on our analysis, we identify three kinds of tactics in this context: keeping worlds apart, cropping oneself out of the frame, and sidestepping. We interpret tactics of invisibility as ways of shaping a space for oneself illustrate fractures in what previous research has framed as digital resignation.
The social-ecological model of cyberbullying: Digital media as a predominant ecology in the everyday lives of youth
Authors: Patel Molly-Gloria , Quan-Haase Anabel
Published: November 2022

While cyberbullying has been recognized as a critically important social problem, a void remains regarding the role of digital media. To address this gap, we propose the social-ecological model of cyberbullying, an expanded model that builds on Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory (EST) and expands Swearer and Espelage’s social-ecological model of bullying. A strength of the proposed model is the addition of the digital context as a new ecology in the everyday lives of youth, which is closely interconnected with all the other systems. Furthermore, the model incorporates digital-specific factors within each ecological system of the original EST model. This provides scholars with a holistic model that they can test, finetune, and expand. A practical implication of the model is that it can guide the creation and implementation of effective and age-appropriate cyberbullying prevention and intervention approaches because it considers in the chronosystem life phases, life transitions, historical events, and crises.
Patients experience regarding home mechanical ventilation in an outpatient setting
Authors: Ribeiro Carla , Jácome Cristina , Oliveira Pedro , Conde Sara , Windisch Wolfram , Nunes Rui
Published: November 2022

Background

The patient’s experience of treatment is a cornerstone of high-quality healthcare, along with clinical safety and effectiveness. We aimed to evaluate the patients’ perspectives regarding home mechanical ventilation (HMV) follow up in an outpatient setting and ascertain differences between patients that started HMV in the outpatient setting compared to other settings.

Methods

This cross-sectional study was conducted with patients with chronic respiratory failure under HMV in the Outpatient Ventilation Clinic. Patients filled in a patient experience questionnaire and the S3-NIV questionnaire.

Results

The study included 235 patients (127, 54% male), median 70 [25–75 percentiles 64–76] years) and about half were adapted to HMV in the outpatient setting (117, 49.8%). Patients had a daily ventilator usage of 8.0 [6.0–10.0] hours and have been on ventilator for a median of 35.0 [12.0–66.0] months. Patients reported an overall good experience regarding education at initiation (209 [88.9%] considered the information given was enough), short time to adaptation [104 (44.3%) felt adapted after some hours], with perceived benefits (171 [72.8%] reported less shortness of breath, 158 (67.2%) improved quality of life and 150 (63.8%) less tiredness). Benefits overcame the treatment side-effects (158 [67.2%] reported mucosal dryness, 109 (46.4%) mask sores and 96 (40.9%) leaks). There was no difference in terms of reported health gains, side effects or time to adaptation between adaptation settings, but patients starting HMV in the outpatient setting reported better communication and education at adaptation.

Conclusions

Outpatient setting was perceived as a positive experience, both in HMV initiation and follow up, with good patient-physician communication leading to significant health reported gains, improvement of health status and well-being and good treatment adherence.
Gene Expression Profiling of FFPE Samples: A Titration Test
Authors: Manjunath Harshitha Shobha , Al Khulaifi Moza , Sidahmed Heba , Ammar Adham , Vadakekolathu Jayakumar , Rutella Sergio , Al-Mohannadi Muneera Jassim , Elawad Mamoun , Mifsud William , Charles Adrian , Maccalli Cristina , Tomei Sara
Published: November 2022

The gene expression analysis of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues is often hampered by poor RNA quality, which results from the oxidation, cross-linking and other chemical modifications induced by the inclusion in paraffin. Yet, FFPE samples are a valuable source for molecular studies and can provide great insights into disease progression and prognosis. With the advancement of genomic technologies, new methods have been established that offer reliable and accurate gene expression workflows on samples of poor quality. NanoString is a probe-based technology that allows the direct counting of the mRNA transcripts and can be applied to degraded samples. Here, we have tested 2 RNA extraction methods for FFPE samples, and we have performed a titration experiment to evaluate the impact of RNA degradation and RNA input on the gene expression profiles assessed using the NanoString IO360 panel. We have selected FFPE samples of different DV200 values and assessed them on the nCounter platform with 2 different amounts of input RNA. This study concludes that the nCounter is a robust and reliable platform to assess the gene expression of RNA samples with DV200 > 30%; its robustness and ease of use could be of particular benefit to clinical settings.
Validating a Brief Student Distress Measure For Schoolwide Wellness Surveillance
Authors: Dowdy Erin , Furlong Michael J. , Nylund-Gibson Karen , Arch Dina , Hinton Tameisha , Carter Delwin
Published: November 2022

The original Social Emotional Distress Survey–Secondary (SEDS-S) assesses adolescents’ past month’s experiences of psychological distress. Given the continued need for and use of brief measures of student social-emotional distress, this study examined a five-item version (SEDS-S-Brief) to evaluate its use for surveillance of adolescents’ wellness in schools. Three samples completed the SEDS-S-Brief. Sample 1 was a cross-sectional sample of 105,771 students from 113 California secondary schools; responses were used to examine validity evidence based on internal structure. Sample 2 consisted of 10,770 secondary students who also completed the Social Emotional Health Survey-Secondary-2020, Mental Health Continuum–Short Form, Multidimensional Student Life Satisfaction Scale, and selected Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance items (chronic sadness and suicidal ideation). Sample 2 responses examined validity evidence based on relations to other variables. Sample 3 consisted of 773 secondary students who completed the SEDS-S-Brief annually for 3 years, providing response stability coefficients. The SEDS-S-Brief was invariant across students based on sex, grade level, and Latinx status, supporting its use across diverse groups in schools. Additional analyses indicated moderate to strong convergent and discriminant validity characteristics and 1- and 2-year temporal stability. The findings advance the field toward comprehensive mental health surveillance practices to inform services for youth in schools.
Understanding motivations and behaviours of our influencers: What can pharmacists learn from their leaders?
Authors: Gaballa Madonna , Kaupp Kristin , Gregory Paul , Austin Zubin
Published: November 2022

Background:

There has been considerable discussion regarding the “leadership crisis” in pharmacy, with concerns that insufficient numbers of pharmacists want to take on leadership roles in their own profession. This exploratory study of leaders and influencers in pharmacy was undertaken to characterize the motivations for and behaviours of titled and untitled leaders, in order to help other pharmacists learn from their experiences.

Methods:

Interviews with 28 individuals who self-identified or were described by others as leaders (with or without formal titles) and influencers in pharmacy were conducted using online platforms (e.g., Zoom, Teams). A semistructured interview guide was used and refined during the interviews. Data were analyzed using a constant comparative method to identify common themes.

Results:

While participants in this study all described different trajectories towards leadership or influencer roles, several common themes emerged, including 1) personal characteristics that enable leadership roles/activities, 2) environmental supports and drivers that propel leadership forward, 3) positive reinforcers that maintain momentum towards leadership aspirations and 4) general predictors of success as a leader/influencer in pharmacy.

Discussion:

To address the “leadership crisis” in pharmacy, it will be necessary to motivate and support individuals in assuming these roles. Findings from this study have highlighted the complex and individual pathways current leaders have undertaken to achieve these roles and have signposted ways in which organizations, managers and mentors can support nascent leadership aspirations in productive ways.
Analysis of finishing actions in men’s and women’s professional padel
Authors: Escudero-Tena Adrián , Almonacid Bernardo , Martínez Jorge , Martínez-Gallego Rafael , Sánchez-Alcaraz Bernardino Javier , Muñoz Diego
Published: November 2022

The objective of this study was to analyse the effectiveness of finishing actions in men’s and women’s professional padel. To do this, the category, the type of finishing actions, the type of shot and the number of shots in 5513 points from five World Padel Tour tournaments were analysed. The results showed that men made more winners and fewer errors than women ( p < 0.001); with smashes usually being the most frequently used shots to make winners, also highlighting the forehand off the wall smash in women's padel. The back wall shots and forehand or backhand shots without a wall appear as the most frequent errors in these finishing actions. Also, while men tend to make more errors with forehand volleys, women hit more winners with this shot. Men and women padel players make more errors (CSR  =  6.7; CSR  =  5.5) and fewer winners (CSR  =  −6.7; CSR  =  −5.5) in the first five shots of each point. However, they make fewer errors and more winning shots as the number of shots per point increases. These findings are highly relevant, since the style of play differs according to the gender of the players.
The impact of winning or losing a padel match on heart rate variability
Authors: Villafaina Santos , Fuentes-García Juan Pedro , Fernandes Orlando , Muñoz Diego , Batalha Nuno , Parraca Jose A
Published: November 2022

Padel is an intermittent sport that has significantly increased its practice in the past years. Previous studies showed that physical demands significantly differed depending on the results of the match (win or lose). However, no previous studies have investigated the effects on the heart rate variability (HRV) of padel players. The present study examined the impact of winning or losing a padel match on the player's HRV. A total of 27 players, with a mean age of 37.26 (9.42) years old and a body mass index (BMI) of 26.26 (3.21) participated in our study. The participant's HRV was assessed before, during and after a padel match. The match results were used to divide the sample between winners and losers. Time domain, frequency domain and non-linear measures were extracted. Results showed that both groups significantly decreased their HRV during and after the match. However, significant differences ( p > 0.05) were not found between winners and losers in the HRV while playing padel or after the match. These differences could indicate that the physical load was similar in the two groups. Results highlight the importance and usefulness of analysing the HRV as an indicator of post-competitive fatigue in medium-level padel players.
Inaccuracy of surgical irrigation fluid temperature hand assessment
Authors: Tuma Faiz , Shea Connor , Nadeem Muhammad , Shebrain Saad
Published: November 2022

Introduction:

Fluids are often used for irrigation during surgical procedures. The temperature of the fluid directly affects the exposed tissue and body temperature. The recommended practice is to use euthermic fluids to be homeostatic and optimise patient care. Hand checking the fluid temperature by surgeons and scrub practitioners is the commonly used method. This subjective measurement leaves room for error and can lead to inaccuracies. The purpose of the study is to assess the accuracy of the currently used method of checking irrigation fluids temperature by hand immersion.

Method:

Two sets of fluids were prepared. One was made at 37°C and the other was 30°C. Participants immersed their hands in the containers and then report if each of the two sets is (1) appropriately warm for irrigation, (2) too cool and (3) too warm. Data were collected and interpreted.

Results:

Results showed that about half of participants in our study perceived normal physiologic fluid temperature as too hot for use in irrigation, 30°C fluid was perceived as appropriate and physiologic by about a quarter of participants.

Conclusions:

Perception of surgical irrigation fluid temperature by hand immersion is inaccurate. Standard objective methods of measuring the temperature are recommended.