bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Bullying victimisation and psychosis: The interdependence and independence of risk trajectories
Authors: Catone Gennaro , Marwaha Steven , Lennox Belinda , Broome Matthew R. 
Published: January 2018

SummaryA number of studies have noted an association between being the victim of bullying and psychotic symptoms. We offer an overview of the topic, focusing especially on a developmental perspective. We highlight the results of the latest studies on psychosis across the continuum and its relationship with bullying. Then we summarise the three main explanatory models investigated: developmental, biological and cognitive. We recommend that bullying in psychosis requires careful study of the developmental trajectories involved, and that research should now focus on how personal, social and biological factors interact.LEARNING OBJECTIVES•Consider a spectrum of psychosis rather than a dichotomous concept of the disease (present/absent)•Understand that, by preventing bullying, it may also be possible to prevent the development of psychotic symptoms•Reflect that psychotherapy helps to integrate past stressful experiences with current symptoms, providing an alternative interpretation of them
«Ανατροφοδότηση εργασιών σε προγράμματα εκπαίδευσης από απόσταση». Απόψεις φοιτητών ελληνικών εκπαιδευτικών ιδρυμάτων.
Authors: Λιγνός Ιωάννης , Μπαρκονίκου Ευθυμία 
Published: January 2018

Όπως αναφέρουν οι Getzlaf, Perry, Toffner, Lamarche, & Edwards (2009), η ποιοτική ανατροφοδότηση είναι εξαιρετικά σημαντική για τους φοιτητές προγραμμάτων εξ’ αποστάσεως εκπαίδευσης, αφού δίνει κατευθυντήριες σε σχέση με την προσπάθεια βελτίωσής τους. Αντιλαμβανόμενοι τη σπουδαιότητα της παροχής ποιοτικής ανατροφοδότησης κατά τη διάρκεια εκπόνησης εργασιών σε περιβάλλον εκπαίδευσης από απόσταση, κρίναμε σκόπιμο να διερευνηθούν οι τύποι, οι μορφές, το περιεχόμενο και οι πρακτικές απόδοσης ανατροφοδότησης ελληνικών προγραμμάτων εκπαίδευσης από απόσταση, οι οποίες βοηθούν την μαθησιακή αυτενέργεια των φοιτητών με σκοπό να καταλήξουμε σε κατευθύνσεις, οι οποίες θα βοηθήσουν τους εκπαιδευτές- εκπαιδευτικούς στο έργο τους. Σκοπός της παρούσας μελέτης είναι να διερευνηθεί η σχέση ανάμεσα στην απόδοση ποιοτικής ανατροφοδότησης γραπτών εργασιών και την επίδοση των φοιτητών, που τη δέχονται, σε περιβάλλον εκπαίδευσης από απόσταση στην ελληνική πραγματικότητα, εξετάζοντας παράλληλα ποιες θεωρούνται πιο αποτελεσματικές μορφές ανατροφοδότησης από τους φοιτητές. Επιπλέον, διερευνείται η επίδραση της επικοινωνίας των φοιτητών και καθηγητών σε σχέση με την αποτελεσματικότητα της ανατροφοδότησης, καθώς και πιθανές αλλαγές, που μπορεί να προκύψουν κατά τη διάρκεια της φοίτησης. Τα αποτελέσματα της έρευνας επικυρώνουν τα διαλαμβανόμενα στη βιβλιογραφία της τελευταίας δεκαετίας και τονίζουν τη σημασία της απόδοσης ποιοτικής ανατροφοδότησης διαφόρων μορφών καθώς επίσης επισημαίνουν και την ανάγκη διατήρησης καλής σχέσης μεταξύ των εκπαιδευτών/ καθηγητών και των φοιτητών.
The use of telemetry in labour: Results of a national online survey of UK maternity units
Authors: Watson Kylie , Mills Tracey A , Lavender Dame Tina 
Published: January 2018

Background Guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommend that telemetry is offered to any woman who needs continuous cardiotocography in labour. Methods An online survey of 168 maternity units in the UK was undertaken between November 2013 and February 2014 to determine how many units in the UK offered telemetry to women in labour and in what circumstances it was used. Findings The response rate was 62% (n=104). Some 63% (n=65) of responding units had at least one cardiotocography machine that could monitor the fetal heart via telemetry. Telemetry was used most often for women who had experienced a previous caesarean section and respondents felt that mobility and satisfaction with labour experience were most likely to be positively influenced by telemetry. Conclusion The survey gives an indication of how often and for whom telemetry is being used in the UK and describes the benefits that maternity units see for women using telemetry, such as increased choice and control.
So ‘Hot’ Right Now Reflections on Virality and Sociality from Transnational Digital China
Authors: Coates Jamie 
Published: January 2018

Abstract
A reflection of both the intensity of sharing practices and the appeal of shared content, the term ‘viral’ is often seen as coterminous with the digital media age. In particular, social media and mobile technologies afford users the ability to create and share content that spreads in ‘infectious’ ways. These technologies have caused moral panics in recent years, particularly within heavily regulated and censored media environments such as the People’s Republic of China (PRC). This paper uses the spread of a ‘viral’ sex video among young Chinesespeaking people who live transnational lives between Japan, China, and Taiwan, to reflect upon the question of ‘viral’ media as it is conceptualised more broadly. Their position both inside and outside Sinophone mediascapes affords a useful case study to think beyond purely institutional discussions of Chinese media, and focus on the ways media practices, affects, and affordances shape patterns of content distribution. It examines the language and practices of ‘virality’ among Chinese-speaking people in Tokyo and shows how the appeal of content like the sex video ‘digital stuff’ on WeChat are typically a digital amplification of pre-existing social practice. Described in terms of ‘sociothermic affects’ (Chau 2008) such as ‘fever’ and ‘heat’ (re/huo), the infectious nature of media is imagined in different but commensurate forms of virality that precedes the digital age. In the digital age however, virality is also made scalable (Miller et al. 2016) in new ways.
Twitter in Place Examining Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Plaza through Social Media Activism
Authors: Collins Samuel Gerald 
Published: January 2018

Abstract
In Korea, social networking sites are overwhelmingly utilized through smart phones; people tweet or update Facebook with their mobile devices. Like any social networking site, this means that people are making (and remaking) connections with each other, but it also means that people are connecting in complex ways to place. Even if geo-location is disabled, these social media still have this embodied dimension; they’re not just tweets, but tweets in a particular space and time. In Seoul, embodied practices of social media infuse spaces with diverse and networked meaning that interact (however weakly) with existing spatial systems. In this essay, I explore the diverse meaning of public space in Seoul through an analysis of Twitter traffic surrounding enormous protests in 2016 at Gwanghwamun Plaza calling for the resignation of President Park Geun-hye. People who protested against the President in Gwanghwamun Plaza were not only calling for her resignation, but they are also making strong claims to space that re-define the heterogeneous site as a space of protest. At the same time, they are not the only groups making claims on the plaza: conservative groups, merchants, commuters, tourists and various bots tweet other meanings through their interactions with the protest site, and these, too, add to the networked representation of Gwanghwamun Plaza. Ultimately, the paper suggests a theory of social media in urban settings which emphasizes complex interactions of space, representation, networked action, absence and presence.
Mobile Mediated Visualities An Empirical Study of Visual Practices on Instagram
Authors: Serafinelli Elisa , Villi Mikko 
Published: January 2018

Abstract
The escalation of photo sharing through social networking sites is one of the most substantial changes in mobile communication practice in recent years. The launch of smart mobile technologies represents a decisive moment in the production and observation of visualities with an elevated characteristic of digital shareability and reproducibility. Considering recent technological advancements and new social media services, this paper aims to study how social platforms and smart mobile devices are affecting individuals’ visual, social and digital practices. In particular, this paper examines the social exchange of photographs online in order to advance an in-depth reading of contemporary mobile media. The mobility afforded by smart mobile devices represents a fundamental condition that shapes the human-technology relationship. The paper studies this condition by concentrating on the dynamic mobility of individuals, devices and visual information. Methodologically, the paper employs a case study approach to analyse how Instagram affects individuals’ perception of their mediated lives. Qualitative interviews formed the fieldwork and a sample of 44 Instagram users took part in the study. Visual content analysis of participants’ photo sharing further contributed to the investigation. Findings from the study show that the use of smart mobile devices constitutes the development of new forms of mobile mediated visualities. The mobility and mediation afforded by smart mobile devices seem to establish new practices for producing and sharing images that push individuals to think visually of events, people and surroundings. These practices lead to the visual dataification of social practices and intensify the quantity and variety of visual data shared online. Within this context, the visual hyper-representation of social practices is exemplified by the current trend of giving to everything a visual justification (e. g. foodporn). In its conclusions, the paper offers a conceptual apparatus that can help to understand contemporary social, digital and visual interactions.
Morphological and FTIR Studies of Barium Oxalate Single Crystals
Authors: Shedam M. R. , Shedam Rakesh M. , Mathad Shridhar N. 
Published: January 2018

Abstract
The conditions for the gel growth of barium oxalate single crystals in silica gels were studied in this paper. We describe the growth mechanism, effect concentration of feed solution, interchanging of the reactants, the effect of temperature and detailed study of microstructures of barium oxalate single crystals. At higher concentration of feed solution dense fibers were observed. With interchanged feed solution precipitate and spherulites have been obtained. The effect of temperature on growth barium oxalate crystals showed that there was a decrease in nucleation density at higher temperature. The crystals growth were observed under the electron microscope which revealed that the crystal have needle and spherulites structures. We also report the FTIR studies of barium oxalate crystals.
Comparative kinetics of the alkali-catalyzed sunflower oil methanolysis with co-solvent under conventional and microwave heating with controlled cooling
Authors: Beljic Durkovic Biljana B. , Jovanovic Jelena D. , Adnadjevic Borivoj K. 
Published: January 2018

AbstractThe kinetics of the alkali-catalyzed transesterification of sunflower oil with methanol in the presence of co-solvent (TSMPC) were investigated. The kinetics curves of the alkali-catalyzed TSMPC, in the temperature range of 26°C–55°C, were measured for conventional heating (CH) and microwave heating with controlled cooling. The results showed that for both heating modes, the kinetics of the alkali-catalyzed TSMPC reaction can be described with the kinetic model of the pseudo first-order reaction with respect to the concentration of the triglycerides. The values of apparent reaction rate constants, activation energies, and pre-exponential factors are also calculated. The existence of a linear correlation (compensation effect) between the values of apparent kinetic parameters determined for CH and microwave heating with controlled cooling conditions is established. The results confirmed that the increase in the transesterification rate in the microwave heating with controlled cooling conditions is not caused by overheating nor by the existence of hotspots. The model of mechanism of the impact of microwave heating on the kinetics of transesterification is hereby proposed.
“What do you call a Black guy who flies a plane?”: The effects and understanding of disparagement and confrontational racial humor
Authors: Saucier Donald A. , Strain Megan L. , Miller Stuart S. , O’Dea Conor J. , Till Derrick F. 
Published: January 2018

AbstractWe conducted three studies to test our overarching hypothesis that racial humor may increase or decrease subsequent expressions of prejudice by setting social norms that indicate prejudice is either more or less acceptable, respectively. We selected riddles that were disparaging, confrontational, or neutral, and examined their effects on subsequent prejudiced expressions. We predicted humor that disparaged Blacks would convey that prejudiced expressions are more socially acceptable, resulting in increased expressions of prejudice toward Blacks. Conversely, we predicted humor that confronted prejudiced expressions would convey that prejudiced expressions are less socially acceptable, resulting instead in reduced expressions of prejudice toward Blacks. Our studies demonstrated that, consistent with prejudiced norm theory, disparagement humor, and confrontational humor perceived as disparaging, has the potential to disinhibit expressions of prejudice when used, even in brief social interactions. Our studies also showed that individuals often misinterpreted the subversive nature of confrontational humor, frequently perceiving the confrontation intended to challenge expressions of prejudice as instead intending to disparage Blacks. Thus, while it is possible racial humor may have the potential to tighten norms inhibiting prejudice, the perceptions of confrontational jokes as disparaging may result in jokes (created to subvert and inhibit prejudice) ironically reinforcing prejudiced responding.
Daily sitting time associated with the risk of metabolic syndrome in Korean adolescents
Authors: Bae Ki Nam , Kim Hye Ryun , Rhie Young-Jun , Lee Kee-Hyoung , Nam Hyo-Kyoung 
Published: January 2018

Abstract

Background:
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between daily sitting time and the risk of metabolic syndrome in Korean adolescents.

Methods:
Data from 486 adolescents aged 12–18 years were obtained from national surveys. Daily sitting time was measured using questionnaires and divided into three intervals: <8 h; 8–12 h; and ≥12 h.

Results:
The mean daily sitting time and prevalence of positive metabolic components were 620.9±9.9 min/day and 45.5±2.7%, respectively. In a multivariate logistic regression analysis, adolescents who sat longer were more likely to have metabolic components (p<0.05), independent of age, sex, area of residence, sleeping time and body mass index.

Conclusions:
Longer daily sitting time appears to be associated with an increased risk of metabolic syndrome in adolescents. These findings highlight the need to focus on reducing sitting time for all adolescents, not just for those at risk of obesity.
Divergence in speech perception
Authors: Walker Abby , Hay Jennifer , Drager Katie , Sanchez Kauyumari 
Published: January 2018

AbstractThis paper presents results from an experiment designed to test whether New Zealand listeners’ perceptual adaptation towards Australian English is mediated by their attitudes toward Australia, which we attempted to manipulate experimentally. Participants were put into one of three conditions, where they either read good facts about Australia, bad facts about Australia, or no facts about Australia (the control). Participants performed the same listening task – matching the vowel in a sentence to a vowel in a synthesized continuum – before and after reading the facts. The results indicate that participants who read the bad facts shifted their perception ofkitto more Australian-like tokens relative to the control group, while the participants who read good facts shifted their perception ofkitto more NZ-like tokens relative to the control group. This result shows that perceptual adaptation towards a dialect can occur in the absence of a speaker of that dialect and that these adaptations are subject to a listener’s (manipulated) affect towards the primed dialect region.
Transformational leadership and organizational citizenship behavior: Modeling emotional intelligence as mediator
Authors: Majeed Nauman , Ramayah T. , Mustamil Norizah , Nazri Mohammad , Jamshed Samia 
Published: January 2018

Abstract
Leadership and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) stayed at pinnacle in the arena of organizational behavior research since decades and has attained significant consideration of scholars pursuing to define multifaceted dynamics of leadership and their influence on follower’s behavior at work. The voluntary behavior of Organizational citizenship improves organizational effectiveness, and it goes beyond formal job duties. This study attempts to explore the association amongst transformational leadership and organizational citizenship behavior of teachers in public sector higher education institutions in Pakistan. Study of organizational citizenship behavior in educational organizations and academicians is of high value that definitely requires attention. This study examines the direct and indirect influence of transformational leadership through exploring the mediating role of emotional intelligence. The model was tested by employing structural equation modelling technique on survey responses collected from academicians. Results from 220 responses indicated that relationship between transformational leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behavior is statistically significant where Emotional Intelligence plays an important role as a mediator. The results support and add to the positive effects of transformational leadership style interconnected with extra role behavior at work making it more meaningful. The findings make a significant contribution to leadership and organizational behavior literature in higher education sector and propose that organizations should implement practices that help in enhancing the level of organizational citizenship behavior in organizations.
Exploring the e-CRM – e-customer- e-loyalty nexus: a Kenyan commercial bank case study
Authors: Oumar Timothy K. , Mang’Unyi Eric E. , Govender Krishna K. , Rajkaran Sookdhev 
Published: January 2018

Abstract
This article scaffolds on customer relationship management (CRM) theory and explores the association between electronic CRM (e-CRM) and electronic customer’s (e-customer) electronic loyalty (e-loyalty) in the banking sector. By using a survey design, data was collected from a convenience sample of customers of a major Kenyan commercial bank, and analysed using structural equation and multiple regression modelling. The findings reveal that there is a positive relationship between e-CRM and e-customers’ loyalty. The e-CRM features at all three stages of an electronic transaction cycle namely, pre-service, during-service and after-service, significantly influence the e-customers’ loyalty in the banking sector. Thus, to capitalize on the range of benefits that emanate from the use of e-CRM, continued review and enhancement of marketing strategies is needed, so as to achieve e-customers’ loyalty particularly, at the post-service stage. Kenyan commercial bank managers should focus on customer satisfaction specifically at post-service stage, to increase their ecustomers’ loyalty.
Adaptive estimation and discrimination of Holevo-Werner channels
Authors: Cope Thomas P. W. , Pirandola Stefano 
Published: January 2018

AbstractThe class of quantum states known as Werner states have several interesting properties, which often serve to illuminate unusual properties of quantum information. Closely related to these states are the Holevo- Werner channels whose Choi matrices are Werner states. Exploiting the fact that these channels are teleportation covariant, and therefore simulable by teleportation, we compute the ultimate precision in the adaptive estimation of their channel-defining parameter. Similarly, we bound the minimum error probability affecting the adaptive discrimination of any two of these channels. In this case, we prove an analytical formula for the quantum Chernoff bound which also has a direct counterpart for the class of depolarizing channels. Our work exploits previous methods established in [Pirandola and Lupo, PRL
Components of Path Dependence of the Agricultural Property Market in Poland
Authors: Zaleczna Magdalena 
Published: January 2018

AbstractAgricultural real property has economic and social significance. An inseparable aspect of it is a historically and culturally shaped structure of ownership. The possibility of converting production of food into more profitable activity fans conflicts between the business-minded holders of farmland and the legislature seeking to protect the agricultural use of land, which have economic, but also social and political dimensions. Laws evolve in time and space, ranging from strict restrictions on transactions in land and few possibilities of changing its use to complete freedom of land use and disposal, with many intermediate solutions. This study is an outcome of author’s interest in the broad context of changes occurring in this market. The article identifies the market’s characteristics and its institutions, events, processes and mechanisms that provide insight into the present level of its institutional development.In the author’s opinion, tracing back the development of the Polish agricultural property market is useful for identifying opportunities that were missed and threats arising from ‘path dependence’. The author studies the course of development of institutions, events and historic processes using desk research, analyses the findings of the available studies, and enhances the research process with creative thinking.
Repeat Assessed Values Model for Housing Price Index
Authors: Carini Manuela , Ciuna Marina , De Ruggiero Manuela , Salvo Francesca , Simonotti Marco 
Published: January 2018

Abstract
This study proposes an innovative methodology, named Repeat Appraised Price Model (RAV), useful for determining the price index numbers for real estate markets and the corresponding index numbers of hedonic prices of main real estate characteristics in the case of a lack of data. The methodological approach proposed in this paper aims to appraise the time series of price index numbers. It integrates the principles of the method of repeat sales with the peculiarities of the Hedonic Price Method, overcoming the problem of an almost total absence of repeat sales for the same property in a given time range; on the other hand, the technique aims to overcome the limitation of the repeat sales technique concerning the inability to take into account the characteristics of individual properties.
Compensation for Real Properties Acquired for Roads in Different Procedures - Comparative Analysis
Authors: Barańska Anna 
Published: January 2018

Abstract
Real properties acquired for the so-called public purpose, such as road investments, generate a one-off financial indemnity in the form of compensation paid to the expropriated owner. Due to the different possible modes of expropriation (pursuant to the Real Estate Management Act or the Special Road Act), the amount of the compensation due may be determined in different ways, which entails a variety of results. The article compares the compensation levels determined in two possible procedures: basing on the predominant use of the adjacent areas or on data from the transactions of real properties intended for public roads.
The conducted analyses demonstrated that the differences between these two types of compensation for land intended for development, established under two different expropriation procedures, are insignificant.