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The Downstream Effects of Certiorari: Agenda-Setting, Amicus Briefs, and Opinion Writing on the US Supreme Court
Authors: Abi-Hassan Sahar , Box-Steffensmeier Janet M. , Christenson Dino P. 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
The majority opinion of the Supreme Court establishes precedent, but separate opinion writing affords the justices the ability to expound upon it or express their disagreement with the ruling or its logic. We broaden the exploration of separate opinion writing to consider how decisions and case features at the moment of granting cert shape justices’ decisions to engage in nonconsensual behavior. We also sharpen the focus on external actors to consider the nature of amici curiae. Through an empirical study of Supreme Court cases between 1986 and 1993, we find that aspects of the agenda-setting stage affect justices’ decisions at the litigation stage. In addition, we find that the number of briefs and the diversity of organized interests impacted by the case is particularly relevant to justices. The decision to write a separate opinion is the product of internal and external factors over the full course of a case’s history.
Foreign Judges and Foreign Case Citations: A Study of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal
Authors: Garoupa Nuno , Rao Weijia 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
We study the value of foreign judges and foreign case citations for emerging courts in postcolonial democracies, with a specific focus on the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeals (HKCFA). The HKCFA, Hong Kong’s highest appellate court since the transfer of its sovereignty to China, features foreign judges as full members of the court. Using a novel dataset of all publicly available HKCFA decisions from 1997 to 2020, we show that there is a significantly higher number of foreign case citations in cases where foreign judges have participated. Further analyses show that this correlation is stronger where the Hong Kong government is a disputing party, and more specifically, where the court rules in favor of the Hong Kong government. The findings are consistent with the possibility that foreign judges’ expertise in foreign case law is relevant for upholding the perception of the court’s independence from the executive branch. This explanation is in line with existing theories on the role of foreign judges on domestic courts.
Oversight of the Legal System in an Authoritarian Regime: Police and Court Monitoring in Russia
Authors: McCarthy Lauren A. 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
How can citizens in authoritarian regimes exercise oversight of the legal system? I examine police and court monitoring, bottom-up oversight activities popular in pre-war Russia (2012–2022). Monitoring pushes the state to honor commitments it has made in its own laws, taking advantage of the authoritarian state’s need for information and legitimacy. Yet monitoring activities are not just about improving the state’s performance. Using interviews, participant observation and document analysis of monitoring campaigns in pre-war Russia, I argue that monitoring can empower citizens in a profoundly disempowering environment, perhaps its most important legacy in a closing authoritarian space.
High Courts, Endowments, and Support for Institutional Change: Evidence from Israel and the United States
Authors: Braman Eileen , Sommer Udi , Kamoun Olivier 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Proposals to change the institutional features of national high courts have been on the agenda recently in the United States and Israel. Using insights about endowment effects and prospect theory from behavioral economics, we theorize about how citizens may think about benefits from high courts and how those views can influence their support for change to those institutions. Mindful of differences across these countries, we employ a comparative experimental design to explore how people think about personal and societal benefits emanating from the Israeli and United States Supreme Courts. We find interesting differences in how experimental participants think about benefits from courts and how those views shape feelings about recent proposals to alter judicial institutions in each national context.
Relationship between tea intake and cedar pollen allergy: a population-based cross-sectional study
Authors: Aoki Nozomi , Suzuki Mai , Sato Yuki , Yokokawa Hirohide , Naito Toshio 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Tea intake has been associated with health benefits, including potential beneficial effects of catechin-containing teas on allergic symptoms. However, large-scale epidemiological studies on the relationship between tea intake and allergic symptoms have been limited. The present study aimed to examine the relationship between the frequency of tea intake and cedar pollen allergy, which is a major cause of seasonal hay fever in Japan, in a large Japanese epidemiological cohort. Data on cedar pollen antibody levels assessed by blood tests and frequency of tea intake (green tea, coarse tea, oolong tea, and black tea) by a self-administered questionnaire from 16,623 residents in the Tohoku region of Japan were used in this study. The association between frequency of tea intake (less than once a week, 1–6 times/week, and more than once a day) and serum levels of cedar pollen-specific IgE (lumicount, LC: negative, 0–1.39; positive, ≥1.40) was analysed using a logistic regression model. Green tea intake (≥vs. <1/day) was inversely associated with cedar pollen-specific IgE (adjusted OR = 0.81, 95% CI, 0.70, 0.94). No statistically significant association between cedar pollen-specific IgE and frequency of tea intake was found for other types of tea. Our results suggest that green tea intake may be associated with lower cedar pollen-specific IgE positivity.
Suitability Models of Ancient Maya Agriculture in the Upper Usumacinta River Basin of Mexico and Guatemala
Authors: Horseman Grace , Morell-Hart Shanti , Golden Charles , Scherer Andrew 
Published: January 2025

AbstractRecent archaeological and remote sensing research in the Maya Lowlands has demonstrated evidence for extensive modification of the landscape in the forms of channeled fields and upland terraces. Scholars often assume these measures were taken primarily to intensify maize production; however, paleoethnobotany highlights a greater diversity of crops grown by the precolonial Maya. This study combines the growth requirements of 18 crops cultivated by ancient Maya farmers with lidar and other geospatial data in a suitability model that maps optimal areas for growth. These 18 crops cluster into five groups of crops with similar growth requirements. Across the study region, different groupings of crops had different suitability in and around different ancient Maya centers and agricultural features. This spatial variation in suitability reflects the heterogeneity of land resources and adaptations and contributes to existing conversations about economic and settlement organization in the study area. The results of this study serve as a foundation for future field studies and more complex spatial models.
The Birth of East-Belgian Identity and the Treaty of Versailles: A Critical Legal Analysis
Authors: Vanhullebusch Matthias 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
In the former districts of Eupen and Malmedy, present-day East-Belgians, in particular academic and socio-political elites, draw their collective identity, amongst others, from the historical injustices inflicted upon them ever since the adoption of the Treaty of Versailles. The transfer of sovereignty from Germany to Belgium was then the subject of a popular consultation organised by the transitional Belgian authorities in those territories. Favouring national over popular sovereignty, those authorities de facto undermined the freedom of choice and imposed their annexation to Belgium which the League of Nations, despite criticisms, consecutively endorsed. Much has been said about this petite farce belge yet not from a legal point of view. Thus, this article sheds a different light on the historical accounts of those events which are instrumentalised to construct the contemporary collective identity of the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
Contested Narratives of the Alash Movement in Contemporary Kazakhstan
Authors: Dukeyev Berikbol 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
This article examines the discursive contestation of Alash movement narratives in post-1991 Kazakhstan by studying overlapping and diverse official and non-official narratives. By surveying textual content and conducting interviews with those who carry these narratives, including textbook authors, the article reveals that while both official and unofficial narratives converge on the subject of statehood for the Alash movement, the non-official narratives and textbook authors use its legacy to express dissatisfaction with post-1991 developments in Kazakhstan. This study sheds light on the differing perspectives and debates surrounding the Alash movement’s legacy in shaping post–1991 Kazakhstani society and politics.
Communicating Assistance to Ukrainian Refugees: Does Empathetic Communication Make a Difference?
Authors: Ringlerova Zuzana , Kotýnek Krotký Jan 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
European countries have been important supporters of Ukraine since the 2022 invasion by Russia. Responding to the invasion, however, was not the only challenge facing these countries in 2022. A tough domestic economic situation caused by high inflation and skyrocketing energy prices gave rise to public resentment accusing governments of favoring Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees over their own citizens. Yet, communicating governments’ policies on Ukraine efficiently and having the public on board matters because lack of public support may endanger the countries’ ability to help Ukraine in the war. Given the importance of political communication, we use the case of Czechia to explore the role of empathy in political communication between Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees. We build on existing studies which suggest that empathy in communication has the potential to decrease polarization of public opinion and that candidates using empathetic communication are viewed more positively. First, in a rhetorical analysis, we demonstrate that empathy with citizens’ concerns is not a part of the government’s defense of its refugee policy. Then, in an original survey experiment, we show that contrary to expectations, expressing empathy with citizens’ concerns does not significantly increase public support for help to refugees.
Vegetable consumption and promotion among school-age children and adolescents in West Africa: a systematic review and narrative synthesis
Authors: Igbokwe Kosisochukwu C. , Ejoh Shirley I. , Iheme Gideon O. 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Low vegetable consumption among school-age children and adolescents puts them at risk of micronutrient malnutrition and non-communicable diseases. There is a dearth of synthesised literature on vegetable intake and interventions to promote increased consumption among this age group in West Africa. This study pooled evidence on vegetable consumption and interventions to promote vegetable consumption among school-age children and adolescents (6–19 years) in West Africa. Quantitative and qualitative studies from 2002 to 2023 were electronically searched in PubMed, African Journals Online (AJOL) and Google Scholar databases. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses system was adhered to in reporting this review (PROSPERO ID: CRD42023444444). The Joanna Briggs Institute critical evaluation tool was used to appraise the quality of studies. Forty (40) studies met the search criteria out of n 5080 non-duplicated records. Meta-analysis was not possible due to high heterogeneity. Low vegetable consumption expressed in frequency or amounts was recorded among school-age children and adolescents in the reviewed studies. Intervention studies were mostly among adolescents; the most common type of intervention was the use of nutrition education. Insufficient evidence and high heterogeneity of studies reflect the need for more high-quality interventions using globally identified standards but applied contextually. School-age children appear to be an under-served population in West Africa with regard to nutrition interventions to promote vegetable consumption. There is a need for multi-component intervention studies that encourage vegetable consumption as a food group. Gardening, parental involvement, gamification and goal setting are promising components that could improve the availability, accessibility and consumption of vegetables.
The efficacy and feasibility of lifestyle interventions on modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors among people with inflammatory bowel disease
Authors: Yap J. M. , Wall C. L. , Schultz M. , Meredith-Jones K. , Osborne H. 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
This review aims to highlight the relative importance of cardiovascular disease (CVD) lifestyle-associated risk factors among individuals with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and examine the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions to improve these CVD risk factors. Adults with IBD are at higher risk of CVD due to systemic and gut inflammation. Besides that, tobacco smoking, dyslipidaemia, hypertension, obesity, physical inactivity and poor diet can also increase CVD risk. Typical IBD behavioural modification including food avoidance and reduced physical activity, as well as frequent corticosteroid use, can further increase CVD risk. We reviewed seven studies and found that there is insufficient evidence to conclude the effects of diet and/or physical activity interventions on CVD risk outcomes among populations with IBD. However, the limited findings suggest that people with IBD can adhere to a healthy diet or Mediterranean diet (for which there is most evidence) and safely participate in moderately intense aerobic and resistance training to potentially improve anthropometric risk factors. This review highlights the need for more robust controlled trials with larger sample sizes to assess and confirm the effects of lifestyle interventions to mitigate modifiable CVD risk factors among the IBD population.
Accurate kinematic and stiffness analysis of parallel cable-driven upper limb rehabilitation robot with spherical guide wheel cable-guiding mechanism
Authors: Zou Yupeng , Pan Keyu , Wang Mengfei , Lai Xiaojing , Lan Tianyu , Zhou Zhishen , Li Changsheng 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Cable-guiding mechanisms (CGMs) and the stiffness characteristics directly influence the dynamic features of the cable-driven upper limb rehabilitation robot (PCUR), which will affect PCUR’s performance. This paper introduces a novel CGM design. Given the precision and movement stability considerations of the mechanism, an analytical model is developed. Using this model, we analyze the error of the CGM and derive velocity and acceleration mappings from the moving platform to the cables. Continuity of cable trajectory and tension is rigorously demonstrated. Subsequently, a mathematical model for PCUR stiffness is formulated. Utilizing MATLAB/Simscape Multibody, simulation models for the CGM and stiffness characteristics are constructed. The feasibility of the proposed CGM design is validated through simulation and experimentation, while the influence of stiffness characteristics on PCUR motion stability is comprehensively analyzed.
The Nude in the renaissance: Unveiling the world and revealing human dignity
Authors: Séris Émilie 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
The humanist theory of the nude is one of the places where what can be called a ‘poor metaphysics’ developed during the Renaissance. To construct the concept of the nude as a representation of man in his own right, art theorists used common scholastic categories such as substance and accident, form and matter, potentiality and actuality, quantity and quality, whole and part, soul and body. Resolutely poor in its object – the human body, the work of art – and in its form – technical treatise, fictional dialogue, or simple working notes – this reflection is nonetheless rich and original because of what constitutes its very weakness: the contamination of the Aristotelian metaphysical tradition with Neoplatonism, Vitruvianism, elements of natural philosophy, musical theory, and even Kabbalah. It testifies less to the permanence of scholastic metaphysics during the Renaissance than to the ingenious adaptation of its tools to new, humbler, and more rebellious objects of thought.
Links between preschool inhibitory control and working memory and elementary school adjustment
Authors: Gagne Jeffrey R. , Chang Chi-Ning , Yu Fanyi , Kwok Oi-Man 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
The development of inhibitory control (IC) and working memory (WM) in preschool is linked to a multitude of cognitive, emotional, and social outcomes, including elementary school adjustment. Furthermore, there are both cognitive and socioemotional domains of IC and it is unclear if both are related to these outcomes in the same manner. Using a family study design, the present investigation examined preschoolers’ IC, WM and externalizing behavior problems, maternal depression and anxiety measured when the children were in preschool, and elementary school externalizing behaviors and child and family functioning. Families with two children between 2.5 and 5.5 years of age (n = 198; mean age = 3.88, SD = 1.04) completed online surveys and laboratory visits, as well as another online survey after the children entered elementary school. Both cognitive and emotional domains of preschool IC significantly predicted the externalizing and functioning aspects of adjustment in elementary school (but WM did not predict either). In addition, child age predicted functioning in elementary school, and maternal depression predicted externalizing in elementary school. These longitudinal results indicate that supporting both cognitive and emotional aspects of preschool IC can benefit adjustment in elementary school.
A Single-Arm Pivotal Trial to Assess the Efficacy of AKL-T01, a Novel Digital Intervention for Attention, in Adults Diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Authors: Maple Amanda M. , Savarese Antonia , Stamatis Caitlin A. , Mercaldi Catherine , Kollins Scott H. 
Published: January 2025

ObjectivesRates of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have increased among adults, and barriers to treatment (e.g., medication shortages; inaccessibility of behavioral treatments) underscore need for novel, scalable interventions. There is a particular need for treatments for inattentive symptoms, which are the most frequently endorsed ADHD symptoms in adults. AKL-T01 (EndeavorRx®) is an FDA-authorized digital therapeutic, currently approved for attention in children ages 8-12 with inattentive or combined-type ADHD and a demonstrated attention issue. This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of AKL-T01 in adults.MethodsSTARS-ADHD-Adults (NCT05183919) was a multicenter, single-arm trial at 14 US sites. Enrolled patients were 18 or older, had a diagnosis of ADHD (combined or inattentive), and demonstrated attentional impairment with a Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA) Attention Comparison Score (ACS) ≤ -1.8. Treatment involved using AKL-T01 at home 25 minutes/day, 5 days/week, for 6 weeks. The primary endpoint was change in TOVA-ACS. Secondary endpoints were changes in the ADHD Rating Scale-IV (ADHD-RS-IV) inattention subscale and total score, and Adult ADHD Quality of Life (AAQoL) total score. Safety, tolerability, and compliance were assessed.ResultsOf 440 participants screened, 221 were enrolled, and 153 (M age = 39.9, 70% female; 39% current stimulant use) had sufficient data for analysis. TOVA-ACS significantly improved from baseline to study day 42, M change = 6.46, SD = 6.95, t(152) = 11.49, p <.0001. There was significant improvement across all secondary endpoints (ps <.0001). In exploratory responder analyses, 36.6% moved into the normative range on TOVA (ACS>0), and 27.1% had ADHD-RS-IV improvement ≥ 30%. The treatment was well-tolerated (5% reported ADEs; none serious), and compliance was high (M = 81.1%).ConclusionsResults support the efficacy of AKL-T01 in adults, and the magnitude of TOVA change in adults was nearly 7x the change reported in pediatric trials. Given the increasing rates of ADHD in adults, the barriers to accessing evidence-based treatments, and the centrality of inattentive symptoms as ADHD patients develop into adulthood, AKL-T01 holds promise as a scalable, targeted treatment for attention in adult ADHD with impacts to real-world symptoms.FundingAkili Interactive
Cogwheel Rigidity in Subacute Combined Degeneration Unresponsive to Vitamin B12 Therapy
Authors: Ashwin Gnanabaskaran , Hirsch Alan R , Kondepati Ananda K , Pasumarthi Shalini D 
Published: January 2025

IntroductionParkinsonian symptoms seen with B12 deficiency have been described in five cases where B12 therapy has led to their elimination. Subacute combined degeneration (SCD) presenting with parkinsonian signs of cogwheel rigidity, unresponsive to B12 supplementation, has not heretofore been described.MethodsCase Study: This 62-year-old right-handed woman with a past medical history of hypothyroidism presented with complaints of trouble with memory. Cogwheel rigidity and pernicious anemia with low intrinsic factor and B12 levels (165 pg/ml) were found. SCD was diagnosed and treated with monthly B12 injections over the past three years, providing symptomatic relief, yet the cogwheeling persisted. She described never developing trouble with gait, movement disorders, autonomic abnormalities, olfactory dysfunction, disorders of sleep, visual hallucinations, or other parkinsonian symptoms.ResultsAbnormalities in Neurologic Examination: Cranial Nerve (CN) Examination: CN I: Alcohol Sniff Test: 9 (hyposmia). CN III, IV, VI: Bilateral ptosis. Motor Examination: 1+ Cogwheel rigidity both upper extremities. Drift Testing: Right pronator drift with left abductor digiti minimi sign. Reflexes: 3+ throughout other than 4+ ankle jerks. Quadriceps femoris bilaterally pendular. Bilateral Hoffman and Babinski reflexes present. B12 Level: 394 pg/ml (normal).DiscussionWhile predominantly affecting the posterior columns and the lateral corticospinal tract, the demyelination may further extend into adjacent fibers including the reticulospinal tract and the rubrospinal tract, the tracts which, in Parkinson’s Disease, have been cited for their role in maintenance of tone and thus cogwheeling. Additionally, low B12 and elevated homocysteine levels have been noted as potential contributory factors in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s Disease. It is also possible that this is a violation of Occam’s razor, that this individual has two separate distinct diseases — the prominent subacute combined degeneration as well as a subclinical parkinsonism which was revealed on neurologic examination. The parkinsonian signs may have been present prior to the B12 deficiency, and if not for the examination findings, could have remained undiscovered for decades. In those that present with Subacute Combined Degeneration, evaluation for parkinsonism is warranted.FundingNo Funding