bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Predictors of Compulsive Sexual Behavior Among Treatment-Seeking Women
Authors: Kowalewska Ewelina , Gola Mateusz , Lew-Starowicz Michał , Kraus Shane W. 
Published: May 2022

Abstract

Background
Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder is currently included in the forthcoming eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11); however, prior studies have been conducted mostly on heterosexual, White/European male samples.

Aim
To examine the correlates of compulsive sexual behaviors (CSB) with sociodemographic and sexual history characteristics, as well as predictors of CSB in a sample of treatment-seeking Polish women.

Methods
Six hundred seventy-four (674) Polish women aged 18–66 completed an online-based survey.

Outcomes
Polish adaptation of the Sexual Addiction Screening Test-Revised (SAST-PL) was used to assess the severity of CSB symptoms. Brief Pornography Screen was used to measure problematic pornography use. The bivariate associations between SAST-PL scores and demographic and sexual history characteristics were also examined. A linear regression analysis was performed to identify variables related to the severity of CSB symptoms.

Results
Thirty one percent (31.8%) of women in the studied sample reported treatment seeking for CSB in the past. Problematic pornography use was the strongest predictor of CSB symptoms. Higher severity of CSB symptoms were observed among divorced/separated and single women compared to those who were married or in informal relation. Severity of CSB was positively related to the number of sexual partners during the last year, number of dyadic sexual intercourse during the last 7 days, and negatively associated with age of first sexual intercourse.

Clinical Implications
Our results suggest that CSB is a significant concern among women and more research is needed to identify protective (eg, relationship status) and risk (eg, problematic pornography use, number of past year sexual partners, frequency of past week masturbation) factors associated with CSB symptom severity among treatment-seeking women.

Strengths & Limitations
Our study is one of very few investigating predictors of CSB among women. Given the lack of precise estimates of the prevalence, as well as lack of psychometrically validated instruments measuring CSB in women, present findings should not be considered indicative of CSB prevalence among Polish women.

Conclusion
The lack of clinical data on women reporting issues with CSB remains an important target for future clinical research exploration.
Artworks are Valuable for Their Own Sake
Authors: GENTRY GERAD 
Published: May 2022

AbstractTo hold that artworks are valuable for their own sake—regardless of whatever secondary value they may have, such as entertainment, formation, education, or a pleasurable experience—is to hold that their final worth is not derived from external or secondary ends. I call this collective set of views the end-in-itself view (or EI view). Nicholas Stang recently leveled a twofold charge of reductio ad absurdum and operating from a double standard against the EI view. In this article, I refute Stang by showing that the charges do not obtain for at least one variation of the EI view that holds artworks to be valuable for their own sake as internally purposive ends-in-themselves (the IP view).
The attention atlas virtual reality platform maps three-dimensional (3D) attention in unilateral spatial neglect patients: a protocol
Authors: Norwood Michael Francis , Painter David Ross , Marsh Chelsea Hannah , Reid Connor , Hine Trevor , Harvie Daniel S. , Jones Susan , Dungey Kelly , Chen Ben , Libera Marilia , Gan Leslie , Bernhardt Julie , Kendall Elizabeth , Zeeman Heidi 
Published: May 2022

AbstractBackground:Deficits in visuospatial attention, known as neglect, are common following brain injury, but underdiagnosed and poorly treated, resulting in long-term cognitive disability. In clinical settings, neglect is often assessed using simple pen-and-paper tests. While convenient, these cannot characterise the full spectrum of neglect. This protocol reports a research programme that compares traditional neglect assessments with a novel virtual reality attention assessment platform: The Attention Atlas (AA).Methods/design:The AA was codesigned by researchers and clinicians to meet the clinical need for improved neglect assessment. The AA uses a visual search paradigm to map the attended space in three dimensions and seeks to identify the optimal parameters that best distinguish neglect from non-neglect, and the spectrum of neglect, by providing near-time feedback to clinicians on system-level behavioural performance. A series of experiments will address procedural, scientific, patient, and clinical feasibility domains.Results:Analyses focuses on descriptive measures of reaction time, accuracy data for target localisation, and histogram-based raycast attentional mapping analysis; which measures the individual’s orientation in space, and inter- and intra-individual variation of visuospatial attention. We will compare neglect and control data using parametric between-subjects analyses. We present example individual-level results produced in near-time during visual search.Conclusions:The development and validation of the AA is part of a new generation of translational neuroscience that exploits the latest advances in technology and brain science, including technology repurposed from the consumer gaming market. This approach to rehabilitation has the potential for highly accurate, highly engaging, personalised care.
Beyond transparency: the principles of lobbying regulation and the perspective of professional lobbying consultancies
Authors: Bitonti Alberto , Mariotti Claudia 
Published: May 2022

AbstractWhile various types of lobbying regulation continue to be devised in different political systems in the world, some questions remain relevant from both a scientific and practical point of view. How can we define a lobbying regulation? What are the principles and the practices that should be pursued by a policy of lobbying regulation? And what is the lobbyists' stance on this matter? We propose a wider definition of lobbying regulation, aiming to overcome the traditional exclusive attention to formal pieces of legislation dedicated to lobbyists and lobbying activities. We refer to the philosophies of open government and deliberative democracy to expand the view on the principles of lobbying regulations, pointing out the macro-dimensions that can be encompassed for a more fine-grained understanding of lobbying regulations, considering not only transparency (as commonly done by most analyses thus far), but also the (fair) equality of access of stakeholders to policymaking and the public accountability of policymakers. On the empirical plan, we test our conceptual framework through an analysis of the perspective of the professional lobbying consultancies enrolled in the lobbying register of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, using in-depth semi-structured video interviews to investigate how such specifically relevant players assess lobbying regulation, and what principles and rules/institutional practices are most significant in their view, finding strong support for measures that aim to pursue the other two principles pointed out beyond transparency.
Towards an updated dialect atlas of British English
Authors: MacKenzie Laurel , Bailey George , Turton Danielle 
Published: May 2022

AbstractThis paper presents the results of a survey of phonological, lexical, and morphosyntactic variation in British English, based on over 14,000 responses. We map twelve variables using geospatial “hotspot” analysis. One of our aims is to document the patterning of under- and unstudied variables. A second aim is to track changes in real time, which we do by comparing our findings to those of the 1950s-era Survey of English Dialects (SED; Orton, 1962). We improve upon previous dialectological work by paying careful attention to the phonemic status of mergers and splits: In our contemporary data, we do this by asking subjects if they have a phonemic contrast; in the SED data, we do this by superimposing the isoglosses for individual phones. We find evidence for both stability and change; we document previously unverified patterns. Perhaps most importantly, we identify a number of directions for future research.
Candidate Experience and Electoral Success
Authors: Haime Agustina , Vallejo Agustín , Schwindt-Bayer Leslie 
Published: May 2022

AbstractStudies of how previous political experience affects a candidate’s electoral success have overlooked the experience that candidates get from running campaigns even if they lose. This article argues that experience running for office, whether successfully or unsuccessfully, could give candidates several benefits, such as expertise in running strong campaigns, a network of connections, and visibility among the electorate. As a result, candidate experience, not just office-holding experience, should be positively correlated with electoral success. The article tests this expectation in Brazil using a database of candidates for seven types of elected offices between 1998 and 2018. It finds that candidates who ran for, but lost, elected offices are more likely to win when they run in future elections for the same and lower-ranked offices, compared to candidates with no experience running for office. Thus, candidate experience, not just office-holding experience, is important for explaining electoral success in politics.
Campaigns, Elections, and Regimes in Latin America
Authors: Lehoucq Fabrice 
Published: May 2022

This essay reviews the following works:
Historia política de Chile, 1810–2010. Tomo I: Prácticas políticas. Edited by Iván Jaksić and Juan Luis Ossa. Santiago de Chile: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2014. Pp. 508. $280.00 MXN, paperback. ISBN: 9789562891653.Historia política de Chile, 1810–2010. Tomo II: Estado y sociedad. Edited by Iván Jaksić and Francisca Rengifo. Santiago de Chile: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2017. Pp. 476. $470.00 MXN, paperback. ISBN: 9789562891691.Historia política de Chile, 1810–2010. Tomo III: Problemas económicos. Edited by Iván Jaksić, Andrés Estefane, and Claudio Robles. Santiago de Chile: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2018. Pp. 443. $430.00 MXN, paperback. ISBN: 9789562891776.Historia política de Chile, 1810–2010. Tomo IV: Intelectuales y pensamiento político. Edited by Iván Jaksić and Susana Gazmuri. Santiago de Chile: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2018. Pp. 338. $440.00 MXN, paperback. ISBN: 9789562891837.Revolutionizing Repertoires: The Rise of Populist Mobilization in Peru. By Robert S. Jansen. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017. Pp. xviii + 288. $37.95 paperback. ISBN: 9780226487441.Campaigns and Voters in Developing Democracies: Argentina in Comparative Perspective. Edited by Noam Lupu, Virginia Oliveros, and Luis Schiumerini. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2019. Pp. xiv + 298. $80.00 hardcover. ISBN: 9780472131280.Electoral Rules and Democracy in Latin America. By Cynthia McClintock. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. Pp. xi + 336. $38.95 paperback. ISBN: 9780190879761.Why Bother with Elections? By Adam Przeworski. Cambridge: Polity, 2018. Pp. 210. $15.50 paperback. ISBN: 9781509526604.Política latinoamericana contemporánea. Edited by Godofredo Vidal de la Rosa. Mexico City: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, 2017. Pp. 713. Paperback. ISBN: 9786072811225.Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy. By Daniel Ziblatt. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Pp. xvi + 448. $32.99 paperback. ISBN: 9780521172998.
Recent Trends in State Formation Studies on Latin America
Authors: Piña Ulices 
Published: May 2022

This essay reviews the following works:
Matters of Justice: Pueblos, the Judiciary, and Agrarian Reform in Revolutionary Mexico. By Helga Baitenmann. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2020. Pp. xvi + 326. $35.00 paperback. ISBN: 9781496219480.Pueblos en tiempos de guerra: La formación de la nación en México, Argentina y Brasil (1800–1920). Edited by Romana Falcón and Raymond Buve. Mexico City: El Colegio de México, 2017. Pp. 242. Mex$180 paperback. ISBN: 9786076281307.State Formation in the Liberal Era: Capitalisms and Claims of Citizenship in Mexico and Peru. Edited by Ben Fallaw and David Nugent. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2020. Pp. xxv + 334. $60.00 hardcover. ISBN: 9780816540389.Heroes, Martyrs, and Political Messiahs in Revolutionary Cuba, 1946–1958. By Lillian Guerra. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2018. Pp. 384. $40.00 hardcover. ISBN: 9780300175530.In the Vortex of Violence: Lynching, Extralegal Justice, and the State in Post-Revolutionary Mexico. By Gema Kloppe-Santamaría. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2020. Pp. xvi + 213. $34.95 paperback. ISBN: 9780520344037.The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas. By Monica Muñoz Martinez. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018. Pp. 400. $37.00 hardcover. ISBN: 9780674976436.A Revolution Unfinished: The Chegomista Rebellion and the Limits of Revolutionary Democracy in Juchitán, Oaxaca. By Colby Ristow. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2018. Pp viii + 312. $50.00 hardcover. ISBN: 9781496203656.Fields of Revolution: Agrarian Reform and Rural State Formation in Bolivia, 1935–1964. By Carmen Soliz. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021. Pp. 280. $50.00 hardcover. ISBN: 9780822946656.
Transgresión, opción decolonial y arte brasileño
Authors: Ribeiro dos Santos Renata , Hernandez Maria Isabel Dagli 
Published: May 2022

ResumenCentrándose en Brasil, este artículo examina los mecanismos coloniales de imposición de la identidad y estética hegemónicas que ocasionaron la invisibilización y silenciamiento de historias y saberes de los grupos colonizados ubicados en situación marginal. Se propone que, como respuesta a este proceso, las identidades marginadas utilizan herramientas insertadas en la estrategia decolonial —desprendimiento y desobediencia— para transgredir la lógica normativa hegemónica en la elaboración de su producción cultural. El texto analiza artistas, obras, acciones y eventos brasileños recientes que, mediante sus poéticas lograron pervertir y concienciar hacia la epistemología impuesta por la colonialidad. Se estudian propuestas transgresoras que se filtraron en las instituciones legitimadas, como las obras de Rosana Paulino, Denilson Baniwa o la exposición Queermuseu, así como otra nacida fuera de los límites institucionales —la pixação— que, debido a su fricción con el modelo social normativo, escapa a cualquier imposición reglamentaria.
Regional spectral ratios as potential neural markers to identify mild cognitive impairment related to Alzheimer’s disease
Authors: Lee Tien-Wen , Tramontano Gerald 
Published: May 2022

AbstractObjective:Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has prolonged asymptomatic or mild symptomatic periods. Given that there is an increase in treatment options and that early intervention could modify the disease course, it is desirable to devise biological indices that may differentiate AD and nonAD at mild cognitive impairment (MCI) stage.Methods:Based on two well-acknowledged observations of background slowing (attenuation in alpha power and enhancement in theta and delta powers) and early involvement of posterior cingulate cortex (PCC, a neural hub of default-mode network), this study devised novel neural markers, namely, spectral ratios of alpha1 to delta and alpha1 to theta in the PCC.Results:We analysed 46 MCI patients, with 22 ADMCI and 24 nonADMCI who were matched in age, education, and global cognitive capability. Concordant with the prediction, the regional spectral ratios were lower in the ADMCI group, suggesting its clinical application potential.Conclusion:Previous research has verified that neural markers derived from clinical electroencephalography may be informative in differentiating AD from other neurological conditions. We believe that the spectral ratios in the neural hubs that show early pathological changes can enrich the instrumental assessment of brain dysfunctions at the MCI (or pre-clinical) stage.
A hierarchical latent space network model for mediation
Authors: Sweet Tracy M. , Adhikari Samrachana 
Published: May 2022

AbstractFor interventions that affect how individuals interact, social network data may aid in understanding the mechanisms through which an intervention is effective. Social networks may even be an intermediate outcome observed prior to end of the study. In fact, social networks may also mediate the effects of the intervention on the outcome of interest, and Sweet (2019) introduced a statistical model for social networks as mediators in network-level interventions. We build on their approach and introduce a new model in which the network is a mediator using a latent space approach. We investigate our model through a simulation study and a real-world analysis of teacher advice-seeking networks.
Bringing network science to primary school
Authors: Stegehuis Clara 
Published: May 2022

AbstractSeveral papers have highlighted the potential of network science to appeal to a younger audience of high school children and provided lesson material on network science for high school children. However, network science also provides a great topic for outreach activities for primary school children. Therefore, this article gives a short summary of an outreach activity on network science for primary school children aged 8–12 years. The material provided in this article contains presentation material for a lesson of approximately 1 hour, including experiments, exercises, and quizzes, which can be used by other scientists interested in popularizing network science. We then discuss the lessons learned from this material.
Association between food intake patterns and serum vitamin D concentrations in US adults
Authors: Ganji Vijay , Shi Zumin , Al-Abdi Tamara , Al Hejap Dalia , Attia Yasmine , Koukach Dalya , Elkassas Hind 
Published: May 2022

AbstractThe objective of this study was to investigate the association between food patterns and serum vitamin D concentrations in US adults. Data from two cycles of National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 2003–2004 and 2005–2006, were used (n6637). Three major food patterns were derived using factor analysis. These three patterns were labeled as meat and processed meat foods (MPF), vegetables, fruit, nuts, and whole grains (VFNW), and sweet, snack, and beverage pattern (SSB). Serum vitamin D was measured with RIA and later standardized to reflect the assay changes over time. In multivariate-adjusted regression analysis, the MPF pattern was significantly, inversely associated with serum vitamin D concentrations (P< 0·001). However, the relation between the VFNW pattern and serum vitamin D was non-linear (P< 0·001). There was no relationship between SSB pattern and serum vitamin D in US adults. In conclusion, persons with a high intake of meat and processed meats are associated with lower serum vitamin D concentrations. Reducing processed foods and emphasizing VFNW will be beneficial from a health perspective.
USE OF BIG DATA ANALYTICS AND SENSOR TECHNOLOGY IN CONSUMER INSURANCE CONTEXT: LEGAL AND PRACTICAL CHALLENGES
Authors: Soyer Βarış 
Published: May 2022

AbstractInsurers are increasingly using big data analytics and artificial intelligence in rating risks and customising insurance products particularly in the context of consumer insurance. The primary aim of this article is to elaborate the extent to which the legal rules in force could ensure that consumers are not treated unfairly as a result of the use of such disruptive technologies. Relevant insurance law principles and doctrines are also considered as part of this analysis. The article concludes that despite the protection provided to consumers by data and consumer protection legislation, unregulated and unlimited use of data analytics and algorithms in the risk assessment process could create significant difficulties for consumers. It is argued that further regulation, especially making regular audits essential for insurers employing such technologies in risk assessment process, is required. The article also finds that the use of artificial intelligence in customising insurance products does not present similar degree of difficulties for consumers.
Fractures, fluid flow and inherited structures in geothermal systems: inputs from the Fe-ore deposits of eastern Elba Island (Northern Apennines, Italy)
Authors: Zucchi Martina , Brogi Andrea , Liotta Domenico , Caggianelli Alfredo , Dini Andrea , Ventruti Gennaro , Ruggieri Giovanni , Matera Paola Francesca 
Published: May 2022

AbstractGeothermal systems in terrains affected by polyphase deformation have reservoirs with a 3D geometry that is always difficult to predict. In this paper we describe a fossil exhumed geothermal system exposed in eastern Elba Island that developed in a polyphase folded and faulted setting, which can help us to understand how geothermal fluids circulate in geological bodies with inherited structures. Geothermal circulation at Elba allowed the deposition of Fe-ore deposits (haematite/magnetite and pyrite) and altered rock volumes, which represent tracers of the palaeo-fluid flow. Normal and oblique-slip faults dissected a polyphase folded metasiliciclastic succession and produced a secondary permeability in the range of 5 × 10−13 to 5 × 10−16 m2. From the permeable fault zones acting as feeder conduits, geothermal fluids permeated the hydraulically connected metasiliciclastic rock bodies previously deformed by two generations of folds. Geothermal fluids followed the already defined geometry, thus giving rise to apparent folded mineralized levels. Fluid migration into the metasiliciclastic rocks was possible due to their chemical aggression, which favoured the dissolution and reprecipitation of quartz, and Fe-oxide and sulphide deposition. Renewed fluids maintained their chemical properties (pH value and temperature, mostly). This conclusion provides inputs for reconstructing geothermal conceptual models and evaluating the geothermal potentiality of exploitable areas developing in similar geological settings.
The Impact of Refugees in Neutral Hong Kong and Macau, 1937–1945
Authors: Lopes Helena F. S. 
Published: May 2022

AbstractThis article investigates the complex entanglement of neutrality and displacement in Hong Kong and Macau with a focus on the impact of and responses to an unprecedented influx of refugees during the Second World War. Displaced persons were of central importance in shaping the ambiguous experience of neutrality before Hong Kong's occupation by Japan in late 1941 and until the end of the war in Macau. Building on Elizabeth Sinn's conceptualization of Hong Kong as an ‘in-between place’, this article considers these two foreign-ruled territories as ‘in-between places’ where multi-layered transborder flows developed in an ‘in-between time’ of neutrality. Highlighting similarities and connections between Hong Kong and Macau, it argues that neutrality was shaped by the movement of refugees and that refugees often experienced neutrality differently depending on perceptions of race, class, and nationality. The presence of diverse communities of refugees shaped multiple dimensions of urban life, with colonial concerns for spatial order and social control co-existing with humanitarian co-operation. The discourses and practices around refugees are an important precedent to understanding post-war refugeedom in these territories.