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The Function of Mazu Belief of the Chinese People in Vietnam
Authors: Chung (段玉钟) Doan Ngoc
Published: April 2023

The Mazu belief is a type of Chinese folk belief that has become a global cultural phenomenon. Before the Second World War, Chinese immigrants built temples for Mazu in many places of Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, especially its Southern part. The region has been commonly known as the place of coexistence and multicultural exchanges between four ethnic groups, namely the Viet (Kinh), Hoa (Chinese), Khmer and Cham. Chinese immigration to Vietnam has a long history. Southern Chinese immigrants and their unique culture started arriving in the region in the late seventeenth century. After immigrating to Vietnam, they maintained various ties with their motherland through cultural practices and belief systems, especially Mazu worship. In Vietnam, they set up various guild halls, temples and chambers of commerce to worship Mazu, forming a dense ethnic social network that has played a significant role within the Vietnamese Chinese community. Using the notions of transnationalism and ethnic identity, and supported by fieldwork, literature research and a more comprehensive general analysis, this study is not only aimed at understanding Mazu belief in Vietnam but also underlines the role played by this belief in the Chinese community in Vietnam.
The Powers and “Popular Religion” in Pompeii and Paul’s Letter to the Romans
Authors: Ryan Scott C.
Published: April 2023

Readers of Romans debate how to understand Paul’s language related to sin and death. Are sin and death ontological powers that operate in the human realm? Does Paul use figurative language to describe abstract concepts? Rarely do scholars consider material evidence and popular ideas as sources for addressing such questions. This essay considers archaeological findings from Pompeii as an additional voice in the conversation for understanding life in a first-century Roman context and Paul’s framing of sin and death in Romans. The essay first considers philosophical critiques of popular practices and then turns to material remains to demonstrate that many thought suprahuman forces to be at work in the world. With the Vesuvian evidence in view, understanding sin and death among powers that can influence human life emerges as a plausible interpretation. Paul’s personal language thus resonates with popular beliefs in the Greco-Roman context and reframes them in significant ways.
“For I Am God, Not Man”: Divine Self-Disclosure in the Motive Statements of Hosea
Authors: Thigpen J. Michael
Published: April 2023

Commentators have long wrestled with the relationship between the emotional portrayal of YHWH and his decision not to destroy his people in Hosea 11:8–9. The key question in this text is why does YHWH act as he does? What is the basis for his decision? In addition, questions abound with regard to how the reader should understand the emotional portrayal itself. Should it be read as an anthropopathic description, or does it challenge the doctrine of divine impassibility? This study investigates the relationship between YHWH’s emotional portrayal and actions in light of Hosea’s understanding of divine motive. Then the results of the study are applied to questions surrounding divine impassibility.
The Configurations of Repentance in Luke-Acts
Authors: Bruehler Bart B.
Published: April 2023

Previous studies of repentance in Luke-Acts have not adequately accounted for the various elements that the narrative repeatedly includes in its presentation of this theme. Drawing on the tools of cognitive science, this essay argues that Luke-Acts displays varying configurations of repentance that consistently include elements from four frames (prophetic, apocalyptic, priestly, and wisdom) into a problem-solution structure. These configurations combine recognizable elements in flexible ways from various frames, resulting in a thematization of repentance across the two volumes that is both ideologically coherent and rhetorically effective. The blending of these elements reveals how Luke connects repentance with forgiveness, baptism, and the Holy Spirit.
A Social-Scientific Re-reading of Ephesians 5:21–33 and the Problem of Patriarchy among the Igbo People of Nigeria
Authors: Uwaegbute Kingsley Ikechukwu
Published: April 2023

Eph 5:21–33, taken at face value, may be considered very dangerous to the cause of gender equality because of its supposed teaching on the headship of the husbands in the households, which perpetuate women’s subordination. This study provides a re-reading of Eph 5:21–33 vis-a-vis the problem of patriarchy among the Igbo people of Nigeria. Adopting a social-scientific approach to exegesis with gender socialisation as a theoretical framework, the work contended that Eph 5:21–33 undermines the patriarchal structure of the First-Century Mediterranean world in which it was set by emphasising mutual love and submission between a husband and a wife in the household. This is not meant to be a ‘subjection’ of the wife as some readings of the text suggest. Such a reading of the text challenges the patriarchal structure that exists even among Christian homes in Igboland today, and calls for the edification of the female gender. It also aims to achieve a possible reduction in violence against women in Igboland.
Would Paul Have Written Something Like This? The Justification Clause of Philippians 3:12 and the Last Judgment
Authors: Giffin Ryan Kristopher
Published: April 2023

A reading that has Paul claiming he has not already been justified (οὐχ … ἢ ἤδη δεδικαίωμαι) appears in some important witnesses to the text of Phil 3:12 (e.g., P46, 06, Irenaeus [Latin translation], Ambrosiaster). Known as “the justification clause,” this variant reading is often dismissed as spurious based (in part) on the assumption that Paul would not have written any such thing. In this article the author challenges this assumption. Included is an overview of Paul’s wider theology of justification, an examination of the four texts in the Pauline Letters in which verbal forms of justification terminology appear in the future tense, and a discussion of three additional Pauline texts in which future justification is implied. These analyses clarify that the reading is compatible with Paul’s use of justification language elsewhere and is coherent as a reference to final justification at the last judgment.
Young People, Globalization and Interfaith Advocacy
Authors: Mercier Charles
Published: April 2023

This article aims at understanding how, in a global era, young people have appropriated interreligious advocacy, through the study of the Interfaith Tour (IFT). This program, created in 2012 in France, aims to provide every two years four or five young people of different beliefs (atheist, Christian, Muslim, Jewish) with the opportunity to go a world tour, followed by a tour round France (to share the discoveries made during the trip with the French public). Most of IFT’s objectives overlap those of adult interreligious movements. The program seeks to convince that religious differences do not represent a threat, but a richness, and that they do not prevent people from cooperating for the common good. There are also more specific goals, such as the empowerment of youth, seen as an age group that is too often not well represented in the higher echelons of society and interreligious organizations. The originality of IFT’s advocacy lies in the means used, notably the intensive use of the resources of liberal globalization, even though the young people who participate in IFT have an ambivalent relationship with such liberal globalization.
“Except You Be Born of Water and the Spirit, You Cannot Enter into the Kingdom”
Authors: Wild-Wood Emma
Published: April 2023

The role of rituals as forces for social change in Christian mission history can be over looked particularly where the rituals are adopted from a Protestant church. Through the examination of the performance – setting, characters, script and sounds – of an early Anglican baptism in Toro, Western Uganda, this article illustrates how this ritual was used to enact and affect the values and objectives of a new society in its immediate context and in transnational frame of reference. The article argues for renewed historical attention to rituals as embodiments of change.
Au Pair Religion
Authors: Trolle Astrid Krabbe
Published: April 2023

As a typical example of mobile religious youth, Filipinos travel to Denmark for a two-year stay as au pairs (aged 18–30). During those two years, the au pairs either opt out of religious practice or intensify their relationship to God in new ways. Whichever they choose, migration brings opportunities to grow as individuals and as active advocates of faith. Using descriptive statistics from the Philippines and Denmark, I compare youth generations to show how Filipino youth inhabit religious traditions in different ways than their Danish peers. The macro perspective on age cohorts reveals that theories of generation and youth should be re-drawn to fit the local religious context. In the second section of the article, I analyse semi-structured interviews with au pairs to make clear how global ways of enacting religion comes to the fore through ideas of choice, authenticity, and ambivalence.
Facilitating Academic Engagement with Society: A Bonding Social Capital Approach to Self-Determination
Authors: Sormani Eva , Rossano-Rivero Sue
Published: April 2023

This study examines how academic engagement with society can be facilitated by higher education institution (HEI) managers by studying academics’ needs and their managers’ support for autonomy, competence, and relatedness (i.e., the determinants of self-determination). Interviews were conducted with managers (n=6) and academics (n=16) affiliated with HEIs from the Hochschulallianz für den Mittelstand in Germany. The findings indicate alignment and gaps between managers and academics. First, the need and support for autonomy were present. Second, managers suggested that academics had relevant competencies, but academics indicated they had a lack of such competencies. Third, managers perceived that there was a strong collaboration between academics; however, academics reported that they experience negative peer effects when collaborating with society. Aiming to bridge the gap using a bonding social capital approach, HEI managers are recommended to strengthen academics’ sense of belonging to an HEI and to promote access to capital and competencies that are within the HEI’s internal network.
The Evolution of the Triple Helix Thematic: a Social Networks Analysis
Authors: Schocair Marília Medeiros , Dias Alexandre Aparecido , Galina Simone Vasconcelos Ribeiro , Amaral Marcelo
Published: April 2023

This study presents the evolution of the Triple Helix thematic using social network analysis. Our research covered 1,122 publications from the Web of Science database between 1995 and 2022. To analyze the data, we adopted the CiteSpace software, from which we interpreted the general properties of the co-citation network and the countries’ network. We also explored a set of nodes’ centralities to identify relevant publications and countries. The results showed two trends related to the literature relevance across different innovation systems. The first one is a possible theoretical replacement by authors who publish mainly about relationships between entities in economically developed countries that are leaders in innovation, whose research migrated from the Triple Helix model to the Quadruple Helix model. The second trend relates to the studies’ continuity based on the prior model by authors investigating innovation systems in less advanced technological ecosystems with newborn or young relationships.
Simple differential staining method of paraffin-embedded plant sections with safranin-alcian blue
Authors: Wolberg Shunamit , Haim Mor , Shtein Ilana
Published: April 2023

We present here a modified protocol for safranin-alcian blue staining of paraffin-embedded plant samples. After deparaffination, the double staining uses a 2:1 mix of 1% safranin and 1% alcian blue. This method is less expensive than previously published double staining protocols as it does not require absolute ethanol. Moreover, safranin-alcian blue staining creates a range of hues that allows good cell type differentiation, it gives reproducible results for a wide variety of plant tissues and is easy to use. We hope it will be found useful both for research and teaching purposes.
A Note on Comparing the Bifactor and Second-Order Factor Models: Is the Bayesian Information Criterion a Routinely Dependable Index for Model Selection?
Authors: Raykov Tenko , DiStefano Christine , Calvocoressi Lisa
Published: April 2023

This note demonstrates that the widely used Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC) need not be generally viewed as a routinely dependable index for model selection when the bifactor and second-order factor models are examined as rival means for data description and explanation. To this end, we use an empirically relevant setting with multidimensional measuring instrument components, where the bifactor model is found consistently inferior to the second-order model in terms of the BIC even though the data on a large number of replications at different sample sizes were generated following the bifactor model. We therefore caution researchers that routine reliance on the BIC for the purpose of discriminating between these two widely used models may not always lead to correct decisions with respect to model choice.
“It gave us a thrill”: Emotions, exile, and narratives of (dis)engagement among activists from Syria
Authors: Selim Amany
Published: April 2023

Building on qualitative interviews with Syrians who participated in the anti-regime movement of 2011 and now live in Berlin and Oslo, the article unpacks the ways that these contexts affected participants’ decision to continue or disrupt their activism in exile. By analyzing their activist trajectories from revolution to exile and drawing on the concept of emotional resonance, I reveal how Berlin and Oslo provided participants with different environments when dealing with their past experiences of participation. I show that while the mobilizing structures of Berlin provided spaces for activism that resonated with the emotional needs of activists, enabling them to continue activism on behalf of Syria, the mobilizing structures of Oslo failed to produce spaces that could respond to activists’ needs, playing a part in their disengagement there. The article extends the concept of emotional resonance and adds to the study of Syrian diasporas and emotions in the Syrian uprising.
Violent Histories of Indigeneity and International Relations: Tales from the Indian State
Authors: Sharma Ananya
Published: April 2023

The discipline of International Relations (IR) has been complicit in its representation of indigenous populations, often producing teleological narratives underpinning the superiority of the West and legitimizing colonial domination. The historical lived experiences of the indigenous peoples and their knowledge have been silenced and sidelined enabling the anchoring of discussions on political subjectivity and development from the vantage point of western modernity. The crisis of understanding modern statist practices of development plays out in the domain of ‘onto politics’—the politics of being whereby current governing practices are merely reflective of the colonial past. The practice of finance and the use of capital during the colonial era contributed to the embedding and actualization of colonial enlightenment thought on the inferiority of non-Europeans, while corollaries of money (property, trade) helped to produce implement hierarchies even amongst the indigenous colonized communities. The article is exploring a double relationship between knowledge production and practice: the first is how enlightenment scholars provided the rubric for racial hierarchies, and the second is the way money reified and reproduced those racist classifications through practice by looking at the colonial and post-colonial Indian state. In doing so, it advances the case to examine the relationship between indigeneity and knowledge production as constitutive to the modern Indian state.
Racializing China–Africa Relations: A Test to the Sino-African Friendship
Authors: Visser Roos , Cezne Eric
Published: April 2023

While contemporary China–Africa relations are often discussed in (geo)political and economic terms, they cannot be disentangled from “racial” orderings and tensions. Still, “race” remains underexplored in these encounters. This article seeks to further the conversation on the role of “race” in China–Africa relations. We build on the concept of “racialization” to examine the various ways in which race shapes both the Chinese-in-Africa and Africans-in-China contexts. We do so without losing sight of historical constructions and socio-political drivers. Drawing and expanding on a burgeoning strand of China–Africa “race”-related research, we argue that racialization processes are fused with strategic interests, historical “racial” consciousnesses, and political and economic discontent. Our analysis questions oft-repeated programmatic claims of a “Sino-African friendship” and posits that thinking through “race” is fundamental for an adequate comprehension of the narratives and modalities configuring China–Africa relations.
Parental Intimate Partner Violence and Demographic Variables Predict Self-Esteem Among Adolescents in India during COVID-19
Authors: Louis Jolly Manyathukudy , Reyes Marc Eric S.
Published: April 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic may have substantially impacted adolescents’ mental health. Therefore, this study aims to assess the influence of exposure to parental intimate partner violence (IPV) and demographic variables on adolescents’ self-esteem. A cross-sectional approach was used in this study. The sample consisted of 214 adolescents from different areas in Kerala, India, who completed the Cooper Smith Self-Esteem and Child Exposure to Domestic Violence questionnaires. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, multiple regression analysis, and an independent t-test. Results indicated that exposure to parental IPV and demographic variables such as parents’ education, occupation, and family income significantly predict self-esteem in adolescents. Moreover, high exposure to parental IPV may cause low self-esteem in adolescents. School and family-based online interventions are needed to protect IPV-affected adolescents and enhance their self-esteem.
Why Does Taiwan Identity Decline?
Authors: Wang Austin Horng-En , Yeh Yao-Yuan , Wu Charles K.S. , Chen Fang-Yu
Published: April 2023

Since 1992, the percentage of Taiwanese identifying as “Taiwanese only” increased by 50%. The literature explains the increase by generation, democratization, and military threat. None of these foresees the decline of Taiwan identity between 2016 and 2018. We argue that the decline can be explained by issue ownership +  hedging. After the Democratic Progress Party (DPP) won both the presidency and the Congress for the first time in 2016, DPP’s performance was used by voters to evaluate the utility of Taiwan identity. Propensity score matching and regressions on three groups of surveys (TEDS, TISS, and TNSS) support the theory and rule out alternative explanations.
Delegitimising Nonviolent Resistance via Newspaper Headlines: The Case of Sit-at-Home Protests by Indigenous People of Biafra
Authors: Igwebuike Ebuka Elias , Akoh Ameh Dennis
Published: April 2023

‘Sit-at-home’, an annual protest employed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to draw attention to their planned secession agenda and alleged marginalisation, has attracted widespread media attention and triggered continuous ongoing public discussions. The resistance campaigns that paralyse socio-economic activities in the south-eastern region of Nigeria constitutes ideological representations in the media. This paper examines delegitimation of the IPOB’s sit-at-home protests in the Nigerian newspaper headlines to show how discursive constructions of the events contribute to the non-conformists discourse tags of the protesters. Using Van Leeuwen’s Discourse Legitimation Approach, it draws on a dataset of 114 headlines on the civil disobedience protests from four Nigerian national newspapers, published between 2017 and 2019. The findings reveal that the IPOB protesters are generally constructed as non-conformists through four discursive strategies, namely, authorisation, moralisation, metaphorisation and discordancy. The strategies underlie value judgements and evaluations inherent in negative other representations that contribute to discrediting IPOB secessionist group in the Nigerian society.
Identification of Dental Implant Systems Using a Large-Scale Multicenter Data Set
Authors: Park W. , Schwendicke F. , Krois J. , Huh J.-K. , Lee J.-H.
Published: April 2023

This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of deep learning (DL) for the identification and classification of various types of dental implant systems (DISs) using a large-scale multicenter data set. We also compared the classification accuracy of DL and dental professionals. The data set, which was collected from 5 college dental hospitals and 10 private dental clinics, contained 37,442 (24.8%) periapical and 113,291 (75.2%) panoramic radiographic images and consisted of a total of 10 manufacturers and 25 different types of DISs. The classification accuracy of DL was evaluated using a pretrained and modified ResNet-50 architecture, and comparison of accuracy performance and reading time between DL and dental professionals was conducted using a self-reported questionnaire. When comparing the accuracy performance for classification of DISs, DL (accuracy: 82.0%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 75.9%–87.0%) outperformed most of the participants (mean accuracy: 23.5% ± 18.5%; 95% CI, 18.5%–32.3%), including dentists specialized (mean accuracy: 43.3% ± 20.4%; 95% CI, 12.7%–56.2%) and not specialized (mean accuracy: 16.8% ± 9.0%; 95% CI, 12.8%–20.9%) in implantology. In addition, DL tends to require lesser reading and classification time (4.5 min) than dentists who specialized (75.6 ± 31.0 min; 95% CI, 13.1–78.4) and did not specialize (91.3 ± 38.3 min; 95% CI, 74.1–108.6) in implantology. DL achieved reliable outcomes in the identification and classification of various types of DISs, and the classification accuracy performance of DL was significantly superior to that of specialized or nonspecialized dental professionals. DL as a decision support aid can be successfully used for the identification and classification of DISs encountered in clinical practice.
Assessing the Criterion Validity of Curriculum-Based Measures for Children with Intellectual Disabilities
Authors: Rodgers Derek B. , King Seth A. , Martin Guy , Lemons Christopher J.
Published: April 2023

Curriculum-based measures (CBMs), which allow educators to monitor progress over time and make instructional decisions based on student performance, represent a fixture of general approaches to reading and data-based instructional frameworks. However, evidence supporting the use of CBM for students with intellectual disabilities is limited. This study evaluated the criterion validity of a reading CBM battery. Multiple CBM and standardized criterion measures were administered to elementary-age children ( N = 56) with intellectual disabilities. Inferential analyses identified numerous domain-specific correlations between CBM and criterion measures; however, no single CBM emerged as a more effective predictor of reading performance. Findings provide qualified support for the use of CBM with children who have intellectual disabilities.
The Geography of Surveillance: Spatial and Temporal Patterning of Police Surveillance Following Arrest in the First Years of the Special Tribunal in Fascist Italy, 1925-1928
Authors: Barocci Antonio
Published: April 2023

Between 1925 and 1928, a fundamental strategy of the Italian fascist regime was the imposition of a political court, the Special Tribunal for the Defense of the State [Tribunale Speciale per la Difesa dello Stato], to control its political enemies and the entire society. One unexplored aspect of the Special Tribunal was its use of long-term surveillance to monitor people brought before the court. Suspects were monitored for long periods even when found innocent or upon release from prison. Blending geographical and historical analysis, specifically HGIS (Historical Geographical Information System), this work contributes to highlight surveillance during the fascist regime, which was less brutal than others not because it was imperfect but because it was sophisticated. Thus, the article also contributes to the understanding of the nature of the Italian fascist regime in comparison to its contemporary counterparts.
Fragmented Emergency: Sirens, Cellphones, and Sonic Spatialization in Israel
Authors: Halevy Dotan
Published: April 2023

Israel’s civil defense apparatus relies upon a technologically advanced alarm system. Once a rocket is detected, a cellphone app alerts the residents of the targeted area, and only the sirens located close by start wailing. The ability to isolate hundreds of such “alert zones” from one another during conflagrations with the Gaza Strip has been celebrated as the key to Israel’s civil and economic resilience. Yet, when the history of this technology is examined, a different picture also emerges. Civil society in Israel has often contested the fragmentation of the country into distinct alert zones and surfaced the social and political inequalities it enhances. By following these claims, this article shows how Israel designed the alert zone system to crumble the traditional notion of emergency and turn it from a collective into an individual experience. The article argues that Israel has shifted the meaning of war, for its citizens, from a political crisis into a series of random events, thus naturalizing the perpetual conflict with the Palestinians, stifling any effective demand for resolving it, and cementing an individualized form of state sovereignty.
Invariance Violations and the CNI Model of Moral Judgments
Authors: Skovgaard-Olsen Niels , Klauer Karl Christoph
Published: April 2023

A number of papers have applied the CNI model of moral judgments to investigate deontological and consequentialist response tendencies. A controversy has emerged concerning the methodological assumptions of the CNI model. In this article, we contribute to this debate by extending the CNI paradigm with a skip option. This allows us to test an invariance assumption that the CNI model shares with prominent process-dissociation models in cognitive and social psychology. Like for these models, the present experiments found violations of the invariance assumption for the CNI model. In Experiment 2, we replicate these results and selectively influence the new parameter for the skip option. In addition, structural equation modeling reveals that previous findings for the relationship between gender and the CNI parameters are completely mediated by the association of gender with primary psychopathy.
Bold Recommendation, Analyst Coverage, and Stock Return
Authors: Cheong Foong Soon , Lee Changhee
Published: April 2023

If all analysts have access to the same public information, why would some analysts deviate from the “herd” and issue “bold” recommendations? Is boldness in recommendation a signal of overconfidence or higher ability? We find that it is more profitable to trade based on bold recommendations for firms with low analyst coverage, compared with firms with medium and high coverage. Herding recommendations are less profitable than bold recommendations for firms with low analyst coverage. It appears that some analysts strategically bias their earnings forecast (resulting in less accuracy) so that their recommendations are more profitable.
Predicting Survivorship Appointment Nonattendance in a Community Cancer Center: A Machine-Learning Approach
Authors: Schlairet Maura C. , Heddon Mary Ann , Randolph Justus
Published: April 2023

Understanding and predicting cancer survivors’ health care utilization is critical to promote quality care. The consultative system of survivorship care uses a onetime consultative appointment to transition patients from active treatment into survivorship follow-up care. Knowledge of attributes associated with nonattendance at this essential appointment is needed. An ability to predict patients with a likelihood of nonattendance would be of value to practitioners. Unfortunately, traditional data modeling techniques may not be useful in working with large numbers of variables from electronic medical record platforms. A variety of machine-learning algorithms were used to develop a model for predicting 843 survivors’ nonattendance at a comprehensive community cancer center in the southeastern United States. A parsimonious model resulted in a k-fold classification accuracy of 67.3% and included three variables. Practitioners may be able to increase utilization of follow-up care among survivors by knowing which patient groups are more likely to be survivorship appointment nonattenders.
A Qualitative Study on the Self-Care Experiences of People with Heart Failure
Authors: Min Deulle , Lee Jungeun , Ahn Jeong-Ah
Published: April 2023

We aimed to explore in-depth experiences and emotions of people with heart failure within the context of self-care. A qualitative descriptive study was conducted using semi-structured interviews. Ten patients were recruited from an outpatient clinic at a university-affiliated hospital in South Korea between September and November 2019. Data were analyzed using a thematic content analysis approach. Participants were 68-86 years old, and 80% were men. Five themes of the self-care experiences of persons with heart failure were identified: “Suddenly diagnosed with heart failure,” “Unpredictable symptoms and unprepared for self-care,” “Dependent on caring family on a heartbreaking uphill,” “Self-care efforts with apprehension,” and “Continued self-care efforts with expert help.” Programs to support self-care for people with heart failure are needed and should be developed by incorporating patients’ needs and reflecting their uncertainty and vulnerability.
Governed bodies, discarded bodies: Notes for an analysis of contemporary migrations during Covid-19
Authors: Castro Neira Yerko
Published: April 2023

This article presents the results of an ethnographic research conducted in the northern border of Mexico from 2019 to 2021, specifically in the city of Tijuana. The objective of this article is to analyse the role of bodies in border and migration management with special emphasis on the time of the Covid-19 pandemic. To do so, I focus on three situations. First is the case of migrants whose bodies are exploited in the precarious work opportunities they find along Mexico’s northern border. Second, I look at migrants who experience detention and confinement in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detention centres in the United States. And third, I analyse the situation of missing migrants whose bodies are sought by family members and numerous collectives in Mexico. Through the analysis of these situations, the article demonstrates that by using ‘bodies’ as a productive category for analysing migration and the containment of migratory movements, we can understand both the resulting negative effects on migrants’ subjectivity and bodies and how migrants respond to and challenge the global migration system.
Standards for Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education: The Development, Uses, and Vision for the Future
Authors: Stayton Vicki D. , Kilgo Jennifer , Horn Eva , Kemp Peggy , Bruder Mary Beth
Published: April 2023

Professional standards identify what future educators should know and be able to do when they complete a program of study from an Institution of Higher Education (IHE). With support from the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), the first ever stand-alone Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education (EI/ECSE) Standards were approved in 2020. In this paper, we (a) discuss the rationale for stand-alone EI/ECSE Standards within the current context; (b) briefly introduce the Standards; (c) present an overview of how the Standards were developed; and (d) provide a vision for and guidance to the field in the development of personnel systems that ensure application of the EI/ECSE Standards for preservice and in-service preparation, IHE program accreditation, cross-disciplinary collaboration, research and development, and policy and advocacy.
A case of severe trigeminal neuralgia: recovery by means of stellate ganglion block with procaine. Discussion of possible mechanisms of action
Authors: Lopes Cristina Afi , Fischer Lorenz
Published: April 2023

Drug and invasive treatment options for trigeminal neuralgia (TN) are often fraught with problems. Knowledge of the involvement of the autonomic nervous system, especially the sympathetic portion, in the pain process has grown rapidly in recent years. Both nociceptive and neuropathic pain can be maintained by the sympathetic nervous system, known as ‘sympathetically maintained pain’ (SMP). This current case report describes a patient with refractory TN that was treated with a stellate ganglion block (SGB). After the first SGB, the patient experienced significant pain relief that became long-lasting after repeated application of the SGB. These findings suggest that this patient had a high level of SMP. In patients with a low percentage of SMP, SGB may be less or not successful. A literature search did not find any case reports or studies about patients with refractory idiopathic TN treated with sympathetic blocks using local anaesthetics. From our point of view, it might be useful to test by means of SGB the extent to which an individual has SMP present, and, if that is the case, to perform a short series of SGB, as done in this current patient. Studies are needed to provide further insights.
The Impact of Later Life Events on Cessation Motivation of Older Adults with Substance Use Disorder in Hong Kong
Authors: Cheng Vincent S. , Lapto Florence K.
Published: April 2023

Life-course researchers have found that age-graded life events, such as marriage and employment, may provoke a turning point in the trajectories of substance use and motivate young adults with substance use disorder (SUD) to seek addiction treatment and cease illegal drug use. However, few studies have focused on the impact of the life events experienced by older adults with SUD in their later life on these trajectories. Even less is known about this phenomenon in non-Western contexts. Thus, we conducted interviews with 34 older individuals with SUD in Hong Kong and explored how later life events affected their motivation to cease illegal drug use. Our findings highlight the influence of age on how life events are experienced and the need for age-specific academic studies of substance use trajectories. The results also have implications for policymakers, as the criminalization and stigmatization of drug use may have a negative impact on the trajectories of substance use among older populations.
The Contribution of Volunteering to Volunteers’ Life: The Case of Volunteering Beneficiaries Turned Volunteers
Authors: Ben Yair Yitzhak , Ozeri Keshet , York Alen S. , Ronel Natti
Published: April 2023

This study addresses the process experienced by youth who started out as volunteering beneficiaries in treatment settings and became volunteers for at-risk youth themselves. Using the phenomenological approach, the study included 10 Israeli interviewees aged 20 to 30 who were regular volunteers. The findings suggested three themes related to the process experienced by the volunteers: (1) perceived altruism—the altruism attributed to the volunteers who had benefited the participants as youths; (2) the identity transformation from beneficiary to benefactor; and (3) acquired altruism—the acquisition of that trait by the participants. Applying the principles of positive criminology, this study shows how attributing altruism to the behavior of the volunteer can serve as fertile ground for acquiring altruism oneself, in a process that eventually results in volunteering for the benefit of others.
A survey of operating theatre staff on the impact of automated medication dispensing systems in operating theatres in an Australian hospital
Authors: Fox Emma C , Misko Jeanie , Rawlins Matthew DM , Cheaib Angela , Peng Yan Ghee , Boardman Glenn R , Tam Kenneth K , Freir Noelle M
Published: April 2023

There is a lack of published literature investigating the impact of anaesthesia-specific automated medication dispensing systems on theatre staff. This study aimed to investigate the perspectives of theatre staff from multiple disciplines on their experience using anaesthesia stations three years after implementation at our Western Australian quaternary hospital institution. A web-based survey was distributed to 440 theatre staff, which included consultant anaesthetists, anaesthetic trainees, nurses, anaesthetic technicians and pharmacists, and 118 responses were received (response rate 26.8%). Eighty-one percent of the anaesthetic medical staff responders reported that the anaesthesia stations were fit for purpose and 66.67% of the anaesthetic medical staff reported that they were user friendly. Sixty-seven percent of anaesthetic medical staff agreed that controlled medication (e.g. schedule 8 and schedule 4 recordable) transactions were more efficient with the anaesthesia stations, and 66.67% agreed that the anaesthesia stations improved accountability for these transactions. Sixty-seven percent of anaesthetic medical staff preferred to use anaesthesia stations and 21.2% of all the responders preferred a manual medication trolley ( P ≤ 0.001). This survey of user experience with anaesthesia stations was found to be predominantly positive with the majority of theatre staff and anaesthetic medical staff preferring anaesthesia stations.
The Whiteboard: Decoupling of ethnic and gender diversity reporting and practice in corporate Australia
Authors: Wright Claire E F , Cortese Corinne , Al-Mamun Abdullah , Ali Searat
Published: April 2023

Diversity of company leadership is an important governance issue for corporations globally, yet the uneven treatment of diversity priorities remains a major challenge. We explore the extent and change over time of both gender and ethnic diversity in leadership and disclosure for Australia’s largest firms from 2005 to 2021. Using institutional theory, we compare the isomorphisms driving change, and examine the extent to which there is rhetorical decoupling between diversity disclosure and practice. Our analysis reveals a significant improvement in gender diversity over time but very little progress in the ethnic diversity of corporate leaders. We find a connection between diversity reporting and the appointment of female corporate leaders. However, there is a disconnection between public commitment to diversity and the appointment of non-white corporate leaders. A lack of regulation for diversity reporting contributes to this imbalance with different outcomes for gender and ethnic diversity as the result of different institutional isomorphisms. Our findings can inform policymakers and corporations, highlighting the importance of a range of institutional pressures that encourage the disclosure and practice of ethnic diversity in corporate leadership.

JEL Classification: M14
Analysis of the Influencing Factors and Prediction of the Service Life of a Shield Machine Cutter: A Case Study of the Guangfo East Ring Tunnel in Guangdong, China
Authors: Li Xue , Wu Jiuqi , Huo Peng , Gong Zibang , Su Peidong
Published: April 2023

The cutter wear of a shield machine is severe in highly abrasive strata. The inspection and replacement of cutters takes up a high proportion of time during construction. It is necessary to investigate the rule of cutter wear and the influence of various related factors on cutter wear. Based on the cutter wear data of the Guangfo East Ring Tunnel in China, the characteristics of cutter wear are analyzed. Abnormal wear failure accounts for 23.28% of the total number of cutter changes. The influence of factors such as total thrust of the shield machine, cutter head torque, soil chamber pressure, cutter penetration, uniaxial compressive strength of strata, and earth pressure on cutter life are explored. There is a significant negative correlation between the cutter life and uniaxial compressive strength or thrust of rock strata. Parameters that have a negative correlation with the cutter life include total thrust of the shield machine, cutter head torque, and uniaxial compressive strength of the rock strata. Based on the theory of the response surface model, a cutter life prediction model under the siltstone condition is established. The uniform wear prediction model of the front disc cutter is established and proved.
Game-Theoretical Method Toward Dry Port Multilevel Location Considering Capacity Constraints and Shippers’ Choice Behavior
Authors: Wu Yunqiang , Zhang Rong
Published: April 2023

The high demand for containerized cargo and the low market share of low-carbon transportation modes for hinterland freight systems in China are causing severe traffic congestion and environmental pollution. Dry ports offer an opportunity to reduce carbon emissions, relieve congestion, and expand the hinterland of seaports. Therefore, this paper focuses on the dry port multilevel location problem considering capacity constraints, shippers’ choice behavior, and empty container transportation in a four-mode port-hinterland freight network. A Stackelberg game-theoretical model is built for the government and shippers. In the model, the government determines the number, location, and capacity level of dry ports, and shippers choose seaports and paths according to the constrained nested logit model because of the capacity constraints of nodes and links. To solve the problem, a complete enumeration algorithm and a hybrid genetic algorithm are designed. Numerical experiments in China are performed, and two analyses are conducted on the cost parameters and time parameters. The results indicate that constructing dry ports can decrease carbon emissions and generalized transportation costs, and promote the mode shift from road to railway. However, building a larger number and higher capacity level of dry ports sometimes increases total costs, contrary to expectations. There are also some interesting findings with respect to the effects of costs and time parameters on dry port location results, carbon emissions, modal split, and seaport market share.
Bayesian Network for Motorcycle Crash Severity Analysis
Authors: Das Subasish , Vierkant Valerie , Gonzalez Juan Cruz , Kutela Boniphace , Sheykhfard Abbas
Published: April 2023

Given the lack of protective structural barriers and advanced restraints, motorcyclists are vulnerable road users. In 2020 in the United States, motorcycle-involved fatalities occurred 28 times more frequently per vehicle mile traveled than passenger car occupant fatalities, causing 5,579 motorcycle-related fatalities—the highest number of motorcyclists killed since 1975. By identifying patterns and relationships between key contributing factors, strategies for reducing motorcycle crashes can be developed. In addition to current efforts, additional research must be conducted using innovative avenues, with increased funding. Bayesian networks can better discover the relationships between potential speed compliance variables. This study used six years (2014 to 2019) of motorcycle crash data in Louisiana to determine the conditional probabilities of the influential factors. In addition to the high contribution of alcohol involvement, two-way undivided roadways, 35 to 44 year-old drivers involved in improper driving behaviors, and crash types are the underlying factors associated with a considerable increase in motorcycle crash severity. The findings of this study can also be used for decision making and strategy development for motorcycle safety.
Analysis of Changes in Time Use and Activity Participation in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States: Implications for Well-Being
Authors: Batur Irfan , Dirks Abbie C. , Bhat Chandra R. , Polzin Steven E. , Chen Cynthia , Pendyala Ram M.
Published: April 2023

This research aims to investigate the well-being implications of changes in activity-travel and time-use patterns brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. The study uses American Time Use Survey (ATUS) data from 2019 and 2020 to assess changes in activity-travel and time-use patterns. It applies two methods—a well-being scoring method and a time-poverty analysis method—to evaluate the impacts of these changes on society. The results show that individuals experienced diminished well-being during the pandemic even when their time-poverty statistics showed an improvement; this is because the pandemic did not allow individuals to pursue activities in a way that would enhance well-being. In general, well-being is positively associated with the pursuit of discretionary activities in the company of others in favored out-of-home locations. This explains why people have rapidly embraced traveling again in a post-pandemic era. At the same time, people desire more discretionary time (less time poverty); because the elimination of the commute contributes to this, workers are reluctant to return fully to the workplace. Planning processes need to account for a new normal in which activity-travel patterns will be increasingly shaped by the human desire to accumulate positive life experiences.
Evaluating and Incorporating Utility Coordination Practices into the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Project Development Process
Authors: Victorio Shani Montes , Sturgill Roy E. , Taylor Timothy R.B.
Published: April 2023

Utility relocations have been identified as one of the leading causes of delays in transportation projects. Over time, national perceptions about how state transportation agencies (STAs) should work with utility companies (UCs) have changed. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC), like other STAs, faces many challenges related to utility work. This paper presents the findings of a research project funded by KYTC, which aimed to evaluate the current KYTC utility coordination process to identify opportunities for improvement and propose a new approach for enhancing the alignment of this process and the highway design process. Researchers crafted this new approach based on the findings of a literature review, an evaluation of the current alignment between the utility coordination and highway design processes, and experiences and lessons learned from other STAs. This approach was developed iteratively in consultation with the project’s Study Advisory Committee. Research findings suggest viewing utility coordination as an opportunity to partner with UCs. In addition, the early identification of potential utility conflicts and minimizing utility-related project risks during the early stages of project development by avoiding, minimizing, and mitigating all utility conflicts when feasible are encouraged. Project findings were used to develop a guidance document to assist the implementation of a new approach and an associated Utility Coordination Training Program. This guidance document includes suggestions for identifying, managing, and mitigating utility-related risks using utility conflict management, provides information on the strategic use of subsurface utility engineering, and offers recommendations for managing consultant-led utility coordination.