cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Biturix pervenosa
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Biturix
Biturix pervenosa

description: Biturix pervenosa (Forbes, 1939)
Bituryx pervenosa Forbes, 1939: 217.
TYPE LOCALITY. — Panama, [Panamá], Canal Zone, Barro Colorado I[slan]d.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Holotype male no. 26 276 (MCZ).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 372, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
Risk Factor Analysis for Growth Arrest in Paediatric Physeal Fractures—A Prospective Study
Creators: name: Hooper, Nikki
name: Johnson, Liam
name: Banting, Nicole
name: Pathy, Rubini
name: Schaeffer, Emily K.
name: Bone, Jeffrey N.
name: Zomar, Bryn O.
name: Sandhu, Ash
name: Siu, Caitlyn
name: Cooper, Anthony P.
name: Reilly, Christopher
name: Mulpuri, Kishore
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2024

description: Background: Fractures through the physis account for 18–30% of all paediatric fractures, leading to growth arrest in up to 5.5% of cases. We have limited knowledge to predict which physeal fractures result in growth arrest and subsequent deformity or limb length discrepancy. The purpose of this study is to identify factors associated with physeal growth arrest to improve patient outcomes. Methods: This prospective cohort study was designed to develop a clinical prediction model for growth arrest after physeal injury. Patients ≤ 18 years old presenting within four weeks of injury were enrolled if they had open physes and sustained a physeal fracture of the humerus, radius, ulna, femur, tibia or fibula. Patients with prior history of same-site fracture or a condition known to alter bone growth or healing were excluded. Demographic data, potential prognostic indicators, and radiographic data were collected at baseline, during healing, and at one- and two-years post-injury. Results: A total of 332 patients had at least six months of follow-up or a diagnosis of growth arrest within six months of injury. In a comparison analysis, patients who developed growth arrest were more likely to be older (12.8 years vs. 9.4 years) and injured on the right side (53.0% vs. 45.7%). Initial displacement and angulation rates were higher in the growth arrest group (59.0% vs. 47.8% and 47.0% vs. 38.8%, respectively), but the amount of angulation was similar (27.0° vs. 28.4°). Rates of growth arrest were highest in distal femoral fractures (86%). Conclusions: The incidence of growth arrest in this patient population appears higher than the past literature reports at 30.1%. However, there may be variances in diagnostic criteria for growth arrest, and the true incidence may be lower. A number of patients were approaching skeletal maturity, and any growth arrest is likely to have less clinical significance in these cases. Further prospective long-term follow-up is required to determine risk factors, incidence, and true clinical impact of growth arrest when it does occur.
Spoken Vocabulary Outcomes of Toddlers with Developmental Delay Receiving Parent-Coached Augmented Language Intervention: A Phonetic Description and Analysis
Creators: name: Walters, Casy
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2018

description: This study examined the characteristics and predictors of speech sound development of 48 children with developmental delay after participating in parent-coached language interventions. Spoken target vocabulary words were identified for each child and transcribed phonetically. Phonemes were categorized by developmental sound classes and examined for speech sound errors. In general, the majority of children?s phonemes and speech-sound errors were age appropriate at the end of intervention and were not significantly different across intervention groups. When baseline predictors were examined, only intervention group and age were significant predictors of the number of spoken target vocabulary words at the end of intervention. Outcomes of this study suggest that clinicians should use AAC with young children with complex communication needs (CCN) to support expressive language development without fear that it will impair articulation skills.
The Role of Racial Ideology in the Relation Between Racial Discrimination and Psychological Well-being Among African American College Students
Creators: name: Lewis, Ciera
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2018

description: The present study examined whether two dimensions of racial ideology, specifically nationalist ideology and assimilationist ideology, moderate the link between racial discrimination and a comprehensive measure of psychological well-being (i.e., well-being, self-esteem, and depressive symptoms). The purpose was to understand how each ideology may be a risk or protective factor. The study was conducted with 339 African American college students attending a large ethnically diverse minority-serving institution. Results revealed that frequency of perceived racial discrimination was linked to poor psychological well-being. Nationalist ideology was not associated with psychological well-being outcomes and assimilationist ideology was associated with poor psychological well-being. Contrary to hypotheses, racial ideologies did not buffer or exacerbate the link between racial discrimination and psychological well-being. This study emphasizes the importance of examining multiple indicators of psychological well-being and suggests that future work should consider the influence of a multicultural context when studying racial processes among college students.
Development and Implementation of Mobile Applications Standing Instructions (SI) Services for Customers with the DevOps Method
Creators: name: I Putu Mahesa Kama Artha
name: I Komang Arya Ganda Wiguna
name: I Kadek Hendra Kusuma Wijaya*
name: I Gede Iwan Sudipa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Standing Instruction, Mobile Application, DevOps Method.

description: Abstract: The provision of financial services adhering to banking principles as mandated by Indonesian law is central to the operations of PT BPR Aruna Nirmaladuta. To enhance customer convenience, the institution offers pick-up services and standing instructions for fund transfers via WhatsApp. However, challenges such as data security vulnerabilities, potential fraud by marketing staff, and transaction processing delays have been identified. Addressing these concerns necessitates the development of a mobile-based standing instruction (SI) application. This application aims to enhance data security through OTP codes, minimize fraud risks, and streamline transaction processes. The system design employs Unified Modeling Language (UML) within a DevOps methodology. System testing utilized black box techniques, resulting in all functional requirements being successfully met. The application was verified to handle input validation, transaction processing, and error management effectively, ensuring that all processes functioned as intended without critical failures. Consequently, this system is anticipated to facilitate transaction processes for PT BPR Aruna Nirmaladuta, ensuring improved security and ease for customers.
Esperienze di archeologia pubblica nella Sicilia sud-orientale.  Il progetto Lungo le tracce di Paolo Orsi per lo studio e la valorizzazione dei castelli medievali dell'altopiano ibleo (SR)
Creators: name: Cugno, Santino Alessandro
Publisher: name: eum
Year: 2015

description: Il progetto Lungo le tracce di Paolo Orsi nasce nel 2011 su iniziativa dell’associazione culturale Centro Studio Ibleo di Ferla (Siracusa) con lo scopo di elaborare nuove strategie di conservazione, gestione e valorizzazione del cospicuo patrimonio archeologico situato nell'area iblea e minacciato da elevato rischio sismico. Le prime tre campagne archeologiche e topografiche (2011-2013) hanno riguardato lo studio preliminare e il rilievo di una parte dei resti archeologici appartenenti ai castelli medievali di Ferla, Buscemi e Cassaro e hanno avuto la collaborazione scientifica dell'Accademia di Belle Arti “Rosario Gagliardi” di Siracusa (2011) e dell’Università degli Studi di Enna “Kore” - Corso di Laurea in Archeologia del Mediterraneo (2013). Le indagini sul campo hanno permesso di raccogliere nuovi dati sul fenomeno dell'incastellamento medievale ibleo e sulle condizioni di degrado di questi castelli.
The project Lungo le tracce di Paolo Orsi was launched in 2011 on the initiative of the cultural association Centro Studio Ibleo of Ferla (Siracusa) with the aim of developing new strategies for the conservation, management and enhancement of the considerable archaeological heritage, located in the hyblean area and threatened by high seismic risk. The three archaeological and topographical campaigns (2011-2013) focused on the preliminary study and the detecting of a part of the archaeological remains, belonging to the medieval castles of Ferla, Buscemi and Cassaro and had the scientific collaboration of the Accademia di Belle Arti “Rosario Gagliardi” of Siracusa (2011) and the Università degli Studi di Enna “Kore” - Corso di Laurea in Archeologia del Mediterraneo (2013). Thanks to field surveys we collected new data about the phenomenon of the medieval encastellation in south-eastern Sicily and the degradation’s conditions of these castles.
description: IL CAPITALE CULTURALE. Studies on the Value of Cultural Heritage, N° 11 (2015)
Social Skills and Language Development in Preschool Children with Developmental Disabilities Following Augmented Language Intervention
Creators: name: Evans, Candace
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2018

description: This study examined the relationship between socialization and language skills. This study then investigated how socialization and language scores predicted preschool educational placement. Results indicated that baseline and follow up socialization and language scores were correlated. Furthermore, a partial transactional relationship was found between language and socialization scores. Measures of language and socialization scores did not predict preschool educational placement, however. Outcomes of this study suggest that language and socialization abilities are interrelated, and clinicians and educators should consider the importance of the social context that is important for children to learn.
Industrial Heritage Management (IHM). Inquadramento di un campo di studio emergente attraverso la revisione della letteratura
Creators: name: Presenza, Angelo
name: Perfetto, Maria Concetta
Publisher: name: eum
Year: 2015

description: Il presente contributo analizza l’IHM inteso come nuovo modo per generare sviluppo turistico, sociale e territoriale, basato sul recupero, la gestione e la valorizzazione del patrimonio industriale. La letteratura in merito, pur evidenziando un accresciuto interesse, si presenta piuttosto disarticolata e senza tentativi di sintesi relativi agli aspetti salienti e alle principali questioni ad esso collegate. Al fine di comprendere meglio il fenomeno e tentare di fornire un contributo al dibattito accademico, è stata svolta una meta analysis conducendo una specifica review su riviste internazionali di lingua inglese con lo scopo di esplorare il concetto dell’IHM e valutare lo state of the art in letteratura. La revisione di quest’ultima ha determinato interessanti risultati sia in generale, sia in riferimento agli aspetti più propriamente manageriali. Le conclusioni, infine, offrono alcuni spunti di riflessione e possibili implicazioni per il contesto italiano.

This paper analyzes the IHM interpreted as a new way to generate touristic, social and territorial development, based on the recovery, management and valorization of the industrial heritage. The literature on the subject, although showing an increased interest, appears disarticulated and without a clear understanding of the main aspects and issues related to it. In order to better understand the phenomenon and try to make a contribution to the academic debate, it has been conducted a meta-analysis through a specific review of international journals in English language, with the aim to explore the IHM concept and assess the state of the art in literature. The literature review determined interesting results both in general and also in relation to the managerial issues. Conclusions offer some highlights useful to deepen the knowledge of specific implications for the Italian context.
description: IL CAPITALE CULTURALE. Studies on the Value of Cultural Heritage, N° 11 (2015)
Capuchin (Cebus [Sapajus] Apella) Change Detection
Creators: name: Leinwand, Jesse
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2018

description: Change blindness is a phenomenon in which individuals fail to detect seemingly obvious changes in their visual fields. Like humans, several animal species have also recently been shown to exhibit change blindness; however, no species of New World monkey has been tested to date. Nine capuchins (Cebus [Sapajus] apella) were trained to select whether or not a stimulus changed on a computerized task. In four phases of testing, the search display and mask durations were varied systematically. Only one phase yielded significant results, with subjects detecting changes most accurately with longer search displays and, perplexingly, least accurately when there was no mask. No interactions between search display and mask durations were found in any test phase, suggesting that the relationship between the two parameters may be less important to how capuchins perceive changes.
Assessing Soil Prediction Distributions for Forest Management Using Digital Soil Mapping
Creators: name: Gavilán-Acuna, Gonzalo
name: Coops, Nicholas C.
name: Olmedo, Guillermo F.
name: Tompalski, Piotr
name: Roeser, Dominik
name: Varhola, Andrés
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2024

description: Texture, soil organic matter (SOM), and soil depth (SoD) are crucial properties in forest management because they can supply spatial information on forest site productivity and guide fertilizer applications. However, soil properties possess an inherent uncertainty that must be mapped to enhance decision making in management applications. Most digital soil mapping predictions primarily concentrate on the mean of the distribution, often neglecting the estimation of local uncertainty in soil properties. Additionally, there is a noticeable scarcity of practical soil examples to demonstrate the prediction uncertainty for the benefit of forest managers. In this study, following a digital soil mapping (DSM) approach, a Quantile Regression Forest (QRF) model was developed to generate high-resolution maps and their uncertainty regarding the texture, SoD, and SOM, which were expressed as standard deviation (Sd) values. The results showed that the SOM (R² = 0.61, RMSE = 2.03% and with an average Sd = 50%), SoD (R2 = 0.74 and RMSE = 19.4 cm), clay (R² = 0.63, RMSE = 10.5% and average Sd = 29%), silt (R² = 0.59, RMSE = 6.26% and average Sd = 33%), and sand content (R² = 0.55, RMSE = 9.49% and average Sd = 35%) were accurately estimated for forest plantations in central south Chile. A practical demonstration of precision fertilizer application, utilizing the predictive distribution of SOM, effectively showcased how uncertainty in soil attributes can be leveraged to benefit forest managers. This approach holds potential for optimizing resource allocation and maximizing economic benefits.
A Comparative Analysis of the Implicit Motives of Violent Extremist Groups
Creators: name: Wilson, Rebecca
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2018

description: Terrorism represents a national security threat to most countries. Recent research has demonstrated the ability to determine when groups are most prone to engage in violence through textual analysis. Using the Information, Motivation, Behavioral Skills (IMB) Framework and McClelland?s Three Needs Theory of human behavior, we compared implicit motivation as expressed through textual online propaganda of three jihadist groups. This model posits that all people are driven by three primary implicit motivations: affiliation, achievement, and power. This study analyzed 58 magazine issues (Inspire, Dabiq/Rumiyah, Gaidi Mtaani) from three extremist Arabic-speaking groups (Al Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula, Islamic State, and Al Shabaab) with a history of violent attacks to measure and compare implicit motivations between groups. Findings show that overall, each group had a distinctive motivational linguistic signature and there is a predictable pattern of implicit power motivation and time-to-attack across all three groups.
Biturix mathani
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Biturix
Biturix mathani

description: Biturix mathani (Rothschild, 1909)
Bituryx mathani Rothschild, 1909b: 291.
TYPE LOCALITY. — [Colombia], [Boyacá], Muzo; Cundinamarca, La Palma, Cananche.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Lectotype male designated by Hampson (1920: 215) (BMNH).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 372, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
Il paesaggio storico-culturale nei musei tra allestimenti e interfaccia didattica. Una ricerca in Italia e in Spagna
Creators: name: Musci, Elena
Publisher: name: eum
Year: 2015

description: Ecomusei, musei del territorio, centri di interpretazione sono le formule museali che, più di altre, sembrano essere in una posizione privilegiata per ricostruire le dinamiche che hanno dato vita al paesaggio e per coinvolgere la popolazione in percorsi di conoscenza e di tutela. In questo studio si presentano alcune riflessioni sulla base di un’analisi di realtà museali italiane e spagnole condotta con l’obiettivo di verificare l’esistenza di approcci e strategie comunicative e didattiche differenti. L’indagine ha mostrato che è possibile comunicare efficacemente il paesaggio senza ricorrere a testi e pannelli tecnici e prolissi, ma sfruttando le potenzialità narrative di un allestimento articolato o realizzando del materiale didattico in grado di diventare una interfaccia cognitiva fra il visitatore e il museo o sito culturale.

Eco-museums, territorial museums and interpretation centres are the most favoured museums structures, which are aimed to reconstruct the dynamics that have given life to landscape and that are trying to involve the local communities in the knowledge and preservation of the landscape itself. This study presents some reflections on the basis and analysis of some Italian and Spanish museums assets. It has been carried out with the aim of verifying the existence of different approaches and communicative didactical strategies. The research has showed that it is definitely possible to communicate the landscape in an effective way, without long specialized texts and technical panels or labels, but, on the contrary, by exploiting the potential of a narrative articulated exhibition, or by creating didactic material as a cognitive interface between visitors and the museum or the cultural site.
description: IL CAPITALE CULTURALE. Studies on the Value of Cultural Heritage, N° 11 (2015)
Forms and Functions of Aggression in Adults: Validation of a Measure of Aggression to Assess Intimate Partner Aggression
Creators: name: Halmos, Miklos
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2018

description: Intimate partner aggression (IPA) is a complex construct composed of the means and the motivations by which a person harms their intimate partner. Unfortunately, existing measures only assess forms of IPA perpetration while neglecting to measure the motivations for aggressing. The present study sought to address this by adapting and validating a measure of the forms and functions of adolescent aggression to assess IPA perpetration in adults. This new measure ? the Forms and Functions of Intimate Partner Aggression (FFIPA) ? comprises four higher-order latent factors (i.e., overt, relational, proactive, and reactive aggression). 140 heterosexual couples experiencing conflict completed the FFIPA. Analyses support the FFIPA?s validity as a measure of the forms and functions of IPA perpetration. As the only instrument that parses the forms and functions of IPA perpetration, the FFIPA allows the examination of the unique motivations of an aggressive partner separately from the form of their behavior.
L’apparato decorativo delle Metamorfosi di Giovanni Andrea dell’Anguillara.  Le serie iconografiche cinquecentesche
Creators: name: Casamassima, Francesca
Publisher: name: eum
Year: 2015

description: Le illustrazioni presenti nelle edizioni cinquecentesche delle Metamorfosi di Ovidio, tradotte da Giovanni Andrea dell’Anguillara, non sono mai state oggetto di uno studio approfondito e dettagliato. L’articolo propone l’analisi iconografica di tutte le serie che accompagnano la traduzione ed opera un accurato confronto tra di esse. Particolare attenzione è posta per l’edizione Giunti del 1584, la quale, oltre ad essere l’unica di cui si conosce l’autore delle incisioni, è la prima a presentare illustrazioni a tutta pagina. Si cerca quindi di individuare il motivo per cui sia avvenuto questo passaggio, operando un confronto con testi a stampa che presentano un’evoluzione iconografica analoga e, in secondo luogo, con le immagini devozionali nelle quali trovano applicazione le tecniche di memorizzazione, il cui impiego si riscontra probabilmente anche in tali incisioni.

The illustrations in the sixteenth Editions of Ovidio's Metamorphoses, translated by Giovanni Andrea dell'Anguillara, have been never studied in depth. The paper focuses on the analysis of all iconographic series with the aim to make an accurate comparison among them. Particularly, the attention is addressed to the Giunti’s edition in 1584, which is the only one where the engravings’ author is known and the first one where the illustrations are full-page. The purpose is to find the reason of this shift by comparing those illustrations with printed texts that have a similar iconographic evolution and with devotional images characterized by memorization techniques, which have been probably used also for the engravings in the Giunti’s edition.
description: IL CAPITALE CULTURALE. Studies on the Value of Cultural Heritage, N° 11 (2015)
Remembering More Than Met the Eye: Assessing the Mechanisms Underlying Visual Boundary Extension in Humans (Homo sapiens), Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta), and Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella)
Creators: name: James, Brielle
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2018

description: Humans have been shown to falsely remember seeing the details just beyond the edges of a pictured scene. This constructive memory error is known as boundary extension. Either the traditional visual-cognitive model or the multisource model, which differ in their distinction between scene perception and representation, can explain boundary extension. Five experiments assessed boundary extension in humans (Homo sapiens), rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta), and capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) using identical and equivalent delayed match-to-sample tasks. The present study replicated boundary extension in human adults. However, neither monkey species demonstrated boundary extension when viewing human-unique or monkey-relevant scenes. Unlike humans, monkeys may not have demonstrated boundary extension because they are local visual processors. This would have limited their view of the stimuli as scenes, allowing them to rely on direct visual input. This species discontinuity reflects the potentially human-unique qualities of boundary extension.
Valorizzazione di un patrimonio culturale periferico: il progetto "Cuore Verde tra i due Laghi"
Creators: name: Capriello, Antonella
name: Giubertoni, Miriam
name: Pastrello, Lara
Publisher: name: eum
Year: 2015

description: Lo studio è indirizzato a esplorare le potenzialità dei metodi partecipativi per la valorizzazione di patrimoni culturali periferici. In rapporto al descritto obiettivo, è stato sviluppato un caso-studio concernente le Comunità rurali tra il Lago Maggiore e il Lago d’Orta. L’area rurale è caratterizzata dalla presenza di un patrimonio culturale periferico rispetto al circuito delle attività turistico-culturali in Piemonte, ma il piano di valorizzazione ha attivato iniziative per vivacizzare il territorio e superare la condizione di marginalità. Il caso-studio si basa sull’applicazione della metodologia Participatory Action Research (PAR) per favorire il coinvolgimento di stakeholders locali in posizione marginale. Lo studio individua linee guida per la generalizzazione della metodologia nei processi di valorizzazione di un patrimonio culturale periferico.

The article aims to explore the potential of participative methods to enhance the value of peripheral cultural wealth. Consistent with the described aims, a case study was developed with a focus on the rural communities between Lago Maggiore (Maggiore Lake) and Lago d’Orta (Orta Lake). The rural area is characterised by the presence of peripheral cultural heritage comparing tourist and cultural proposals in Piedmont, but a cultural plan has been developed to animate the local context and to overcome the condition of isolation. The case study is based on Participatory Action Research (PAR), involving stakeholders in marginal positions. The results identify best practices to generalize the methodology in order to enhance the value of peripheral cultural wealth.
description: IL CAPITALE CULTURALE. Studies on the Value of Cultural Heritage, N° 11 (2015)
Sexual Health among Female Refugee Youth: An Ecological Approach
Creators: name: Miller, Jessica
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2018

description: Refugee youth face several sexual health challenges, and research investigating contributing factors has primarily focused on identifying contextual barriers. However, it is also important to investigate protective factors, as well as how both risk and protective factors work together across contexts. The present study explored facilitators and barriers to refugee youth sexual health and how they combine to predict behavior using thematic text analysis and narrative analysis of twelve in-depth interviews with female refugees ages 18-24. Findings revealed four primary themes: sex/relationship restrictions, judgment/disapproval, support, and youth reactions. The first three factors were present across multiple ecological levels, such as parents, peers, and culture. Furthermore, these contextual factors were related to one another, such that youth who violate sociocultural sex/relationship restrictions experience actual or anticipated judgment from others, which leads to fear, embarrassment, and risky sexual behavior. These findings have important implications for sexual health education interventions with refugee youth.
L’Europa dell’Est: il racconto di una periferia attraverso alcune testimonianze letterarie
Creators: name: Cardini, Silvia
Publisher: name: eum
Year: 2015

description: Nella testimonianza letteraria in lingua italiana di alcuni autori dell’Est Europa - Elvrira Mujčić, Ornela Vorpsi, Anilda Ibrahimi, Mihai Butcovan, Marina Sorino - approdati nel nostro paese in seguito alle guerre nazionaliste dell’ex Jugoslavia o alla caduta di regimi totalitari, si delinea un’immagine collettiva dell’Est Europa come periferia dimenticata, come non luogo della politica comunitaria incapace di intervenire se non quando il conflitto è degenerato in guerra. Il trasferimento dalla periferia al centro dà luogo a una forma di straniamento che risulta la cifra comune di tutte le narrazioni e che di fatto rivitalizza la critica nei confronti dell’identità centroeuropea sostanziata di consumismo, cultura dell’apparenza e portatrice di un messaggio democratico che è in realtà etnicamente selettivo.Il viaggio dalla Est all’Ovest europeo coincide invece con una richiesta di libertà e di inclusione da parte di soggetti intellettuali che spesso proseguono il loro percorso in direzione di nuovi luoghi elettivi non più corrispondenti alla originaria mappatura centro-periferia. Nonostante la marcata matrice autobiografica, qui non si vuole investigare la verità dei percorsi esistenziali di autori accomunati dall’esperienza della migrazione, ma la capacità simbolica di tracciare all’interno di uno spazio storico-geografico condiviso delle linee di unione e di rottura, di inclusione e di esclusione, per  ridiscutere la validità simbolica di alcuni luoghi comuni della geografia europea.

The literary testimony of some Eastern European expatriate authors who write in Italian – Elvira Mujcic, Ornela Vorpsi, Anilda Ibrahimi, Mihai Butcovan, Marina Sorino – offers a coherent image of Eastern Europe, which collectively emerges as the forgotten outskirts of the continent: the site where the Community policy is either absent or behind time, as it only intervenes when conflicts escalate into a war. While claiming to belong to the cultural center, intellectuals from Eastern Europe are also eager to mark out the specificity of their peripheral origins. Furthermore, their migration from the periphery to the center gives rise to a form of estrangement that prompts a revitalized criticism of some degenerative aspects of West-centered European culture: consumerism, culture of appearance, and a form of democracy that, in fact, is ethnically selective. The center is accordingly perceived not so much as the heart of political power, nor as a significant cultural space, but as a showcase for goods. These intellectuals take a journey from East to West Europe with a demand for freedom and inclusion. When, as it often happens, this request is not met, they continue their path towards new elective destinations not exactly matched by the directional axis from periphery to center.
description: IL CAPITALE CULTURALE. Studies on the Value of Cultural Heritage, N° 11 (2015)
The Effects of Gender in Violent Video Games
Creators: name: Sabin, Samantha
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2018

description: Adverse effects of video game violence have been well documented in psychology research for decades. As technology advances, violence depicted in games becomes more realistic and features more diverse types of aggression. A new trend in violent games is the depiction of women as sexualized targets of violence. Research suggests that exposure to sexual content and violence in games can be harmful to both male and female players, but no studies to date have looked at specific differences in outcomes based on the victim?s gender in a violent game. The present study examines how opponents? gendered appearance in a violent video game affects players? implicit attitudes related to gender and gender violence. By having 235 undergraduates play a game fighting either male or female opponents, I found that women who fought female opponents expressed more negative implicit attitudes toward women.
An Exploratory Study of Mindfulness in Adolescents Diagnosed with Chronic Pain
Creators: name: Shih, Sharon
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2018

description: Mindfulness has been touted as a potentially beneficial intervention for youth diagnosed with chronic pain. However, research to date has generally taken a downward translation approach, as opposed to an endogenous approach, to conceptualizing and applying mindfulness. The present study utilized grounded theory methodology to explore how adolescents diagnosed with chronic pain understand mindfulness and its application for chronic pain. Additionally, quantitative measures of participants? executive function were collected to further elucidate the cognitive developmental considerations underlying mindfulness. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 7 adolescents (age 12-17). Findings revealed a theory of mindfulness composed of awareness of internal and external factors, objectivity, and nonreactivity to determine action. Application of mindfulness for chronic pain was divided into two categories ? alleviation or prevention of exacerbation of pain, and confusion and contradiction. Participants with well-developed executive functioning discussed mindfulness in more abstract terms. These findings will guide future studies of mindfulness in youth.
Zeal of the Convert? Comparing the Structure of Islamic Religiousness between Convert and Non-Convert Muslims
Creators: name: Snook, Daniel
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2019

description: In popular culture, converts to a new religion, especially Islam, are widely considered overly zealous. This is despite a lack of evidence for this view. But do converts to Islam have faith differently than their ?born Muslim? counterparts (non-converts)? Very little research has explored such differences. Consequently, this study compares Islamic religiousness, as measured by the Psychological Measure of Islamic Religiousness (Abu Raiya et al., 2008), between convert and non-convert US Muslims using a series of confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses. In our sample, Abu-Raiya et al.?s (2008) proposed factor structure showed poor model fit. Exploratory factor analyses provide evidence that Islamic religiousness of converts and non-converts differ in meaningful ways: converts have a simpler structure of religiousness than non-converts, and their beliefs are less directly aligned with their practices compared to non-converts. These findings suggest that converts and non-converts it seems they believe and practice Islam differently.
Biturix intactus Walker 1855
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Biturix
Biturix intactus

description: Biturix intactus Walker, 1855
Biturix intactus Walker, 1855a: 719.
TYPE LOCALITY. — Venezuela.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Holotype female (BMNH).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 373, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
Valore della Cultura e Cultura del Valore.  Riflessioni per il futuro del Bel Paese
Creators: name: Napolitano, Maria Rosaria
Publisher: name: eum
Year: 2015

description: Il presente lavoro intende offrire un contributo al dibattito sempre più attuale circa il ruolo della cultura quale risorsa distintiva per lo sviluppo economico e sociale del Paese. In particolare, partendo dall’impostazione teorica di Throsby sul capitale culturale, è approfondito il legame tra cultura e creatività nel Paese e l’immagine dello stesso nel panorama internazionale. A seguire, si evidenziano gli elementi di criticità che, nella gestione dell’ampio e unico patrimonio culturale italiano, hanno determinato una progressiva perdita di competitività del nostro Paese sia in termini di attrazione dei flussi turistici internazionali che di immagine-Paese. Infine, viene proposto un nuovo approccio alla gestione del patrimonio culturale che, ribaltando le logiche “classiche”, suggerisce l’adozione di logiche di gestione strategica e di marketing territoriale come strumenti per la valorizzazione del patrimonio artistico-culturale e per il territorio che lo ospita.
The paper aims to contribute to the increasingly relevant debate about the role of culture as a distinctive resource for the economic and social development of a country. Specifically, adopting the theoretical framework of the cultural capital by Throsby, it has been investigated the relationship between culture and creativity in our country and its imagine in the international scenario. To follow, we highlight the critical elements that, considering the management of the wide and unique Italian cultural heritage, have determined the gradual decline in competitiveness of the country, both in terms of attractiveness of the international touristic flows and country-image. In conclusion, we propose a new approach to the management of the cultural heritage that, turning the classical approach over, suggests the adoption of methods of strategic management and territorial marketing as tools for the valorisation of the cultural heritage of a place.
description: IL CAPITALE CULTURALE. Studies on the Value of Cultural Heritage, N° 11 (2015)
Animacy's Effect on Attention and Memory in Humans and Macaques (Macaca mulatta)
Creators: name: Johnson, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2019

description: Understanding what stimuli are naturally salient is important not only for future research designs, but also for understanding underlying cognitive mechanisms that influence memory and attention across species. Previous research has shown that humans show preferential processing of animate over inanimate stimuli. Specifically, humans remember animate stimuli better than inanimate stimuli, and animate stimuli capture attention more quickly than inanimate stimuli (Nairne, Thompson, & Paneirada, 2007; New, Cosmides, & Tooby, 2007). One hypothesis is that this occurs due to evolutionary adapted mechanisms: our ancestors needed to monitor living things more closely because those things are most important to survival. However, few researchers have looked into the animacy effect using picture stimuli, and there has been no research on the animacy effect with nonhuman animals. The current study examined whether this adaptation theory holds true for humans and macaques using novel picture-based tasks. Neither antisaccade or symbolic match-to-sample tasks showed a significant difference in attention to or memory for animate versus inanimate stimuli with human participants, suggesting that the animacy effect does not hold true for picture stimuli. Additionally, macaques only exhibited a significant difference between stimulus types in the memory task, casting doubt on the theory that attention to animacy may be an evolutionary adapted mechanism, at least for static stimuli.
Evaluating Traditional and Newer Indices of Attention Bias Among People with Social Anxiety Disorder
Creators: name: Molloy, Anthony
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2019

description: The dot probe task has become the most widely used experimental paradigm for empirically investigating attention biases in anxiety. However, this task?s classic reaction time index for calculating mean attention bias toward threat has shown very low reliability. In response to these findings, new indices of attention bias variability and trial-level bias score (TL-BS) strategies have been developed. The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the reliability of all dot probe attention bias indices in the scientific literature. Forty-four community participants with social anxiety disorder completed a facial dot probe task at two sessions one week apart. TL-BS indices of mean attention bias and attention bias variability demonstrated superior reliability to other indices. The findings demonstrate that the TL-BS method is psychometrically superior to other indices for measuring mean attention bias to threat and attention bias variability in people with social anxiety disorder.
Attentional Bias for Threat in Intergroup Anxiety
Creators: name: Rattinger, Michelle
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2019

description: Threatening faces draw our attention with particular speed, a phenomenon commonly documented using behavioral measures such as the facial dot probe task. However, other aspects of the face that such tasks often fail to take into account, such as characteristics that signal race, also may influence threat perception. If dot probe tasks are to continue to serve as key measures of threat bias in research, we must understand whether and how the facial contexts in which angry expressions appear influence people?s attention to those expressions. The current study examined the ways in which emotional expression and facial race signifiers interact to convey threat in individuals with varying levels of racial intergroup anxiety. I proposed that participant race would moderate the relationship between intergroup anxiety and attentional bias to White and Black stimulus faces. One hundred and sixteen participants (Black = 58; White = 58) completed a modified version of the facial dot probe task, as well as self-report measures encompassing intergroup anxiety and individual demographics. Results indicated that participant race did not significantly moderate the association between intergroup anxiety for Black or White threatening faces. However, key group differences in attentional biases for threat were evident. White participants, but not Black participants, displayed statistically significant biases toward Black threatening faces. Additionally, for White participants, but not Black participants, increases in intergroup anxiety were associated with increases in attentional bias for Black faces. These findings provide a first step toward understanding the influence that facial signals of race may have on attentional allocation for threat cues within the dot probe task. They also highlight the need for increased care when generalizing findings from dot probe studies to diverse populations. Suggestions for future research include investigating the potential contribution of implicit attitudes to attentional bias for outgroup threat and including gender as an intergroup variable.
Exploring the Contribution of Racially-based Harassment and Personality to Variation in Native and American Identity in Immigrant-origin Youth
Creators: name: Arce, Maria
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2019

description: In the face of racially-based harassment, the Rejection-Identification Model posits that immigrant-origin youth will seek to protect their self-concept by detaching from the national culture and identifying more with the native culture. Although a large body of work has linked personality to variation in the ways individuals respond to interpersonal stressors, their contributions to native and American identity independently, and in the context of racially-based harassment, have not been carefully examined. The current study thus examined the unique and interactive contributions of racially-based harassment and personality to American and native identity in a sample of 163 immigrant-origin adolescents and emerging adults. In addition to the unique contributions of extraversion and agreeableness to native identity, agreeableness moderated the association between racially-based harassment and American identity. Results shed light on the ways individual-level factors may interact with contextual-level factors to influence group identity development in immigrant-origin youth.
Gaia Salvatori, Isole d’utopia. Da De Stijl all’arte per lo spazio pubblico
Creators: name: Palermo, Luca
Publisher: name: eum
Year: 2015

description: Recensione / Book review
Salvatori G. (2013), Isole d’utopia. Da De Stijl all’arte per lo spazio pubblico, Napoli: Paparo Edizioni («Architettura e conservazione. Collana diretta da Alessandro Castagnaro»), 172 pp.
description: IL CAPITALE CULTURALE. Studies on the Value of Cultural Heritage, N° 11 (2015)
Peer Influence in Group Mentoring: A Source of Peer Contagion or Prosocial Behavior Change?
Creators: name: Joseph, Hannah
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2019

description: Group mentoring programs aim to foster supportive relationships with and receive constructive feedback from mentors and peers. Given the power of peer influence to promote adaptive and harmful outcomes, it is important to evaluate the role of peer influence on youth behavior in group mentoring. This study examined whether a history of negative behavior among mentor group peers exacerbated individual participants? behavior problems. A multi-level regression analysis was used to explore group-level influence on participant school suspensions and truancy using school administrative data records and mentee questionnaires. The effect of exposure to peers with a history of problem behaviors on both outcomes did not reach statistical significance. Neither quality of mentor relationship nor group climate moderated the effects of exposure to problem behavior on study outcomes. The results suggest that grouping youth with a history of poor attendance and suspensions did not inherently increase risk of truancy and suspensions.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who use drugs in three Canadian cities : a cross-sectional analysis
Creators: name: Mitra, Sanjana
name: Bouck, Zachary
name: Larney, Sarah
name: Zolopa, Camille
name: Høj, Stine
name: Minoyan, Nanor
name: Upham, Katie
name: Rammohan, Indhu
name: Mok, Wing Yin
name: Hayashi, Kanna
name: Milloy, M-J
name: DeBeck, Kora
name: Scheim, Ayden
name: Werb, Dan
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2024

description: Background: The COVID-19 pandemic had a disproportionate impact on the health and wellbeing of people who use drugs (PWUD) in Canada. However less is known about jurisdictional commonalities and differences in COVID-19 exposure and impacts of pandemic-related restrictions on competing health and social risks among PWUD living in large urban centres. Methods: Between May 2020 and March 2021, leveraging infrastructure from ongoing cohorts of PWUD, we surveyed 1,025 participants from Vancouver (n = 640), Toronto (n = 158), and Montreal (n = 227), Canada to describe the impacts of pandemic-related restrictions on basic, health, and harm reduction needs. Results: Among participants, awareness of COVID-19 protective measures was high; however, between 10 and 24% of participants in each city-specific sample reported being unable to self-isolate. Overall, 3–19% of participants reported experiencing homelessness after the onset of the pandemic, while 20–41% reported that they went hungry more often than usual. Furthermore, 8–33% of participants reported experiencing an overdose during the pandemic, though most indicated no change in overdose frequency compared the pre-pandemic period. Most participants receiving opioid agonist therapy in the past six months reported treatment continuity during the pandemic (87–93%), however, 32% and 22% of participants in Toronto and Montreal reported missing doses due to service disruptions. There were some reports of difficulty accessing supervised consumption sites in all three sites, and drug checking services in Vancouver. Conclusion: Findings suggest PWUD in Canada experienced difficulties meeting essential needs and accessing some harm reduction services during the COVID-19 pandemic. These findings can inform preparedness planning for future public health emergencies.
Cycnia inopinatus
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Cycnia
Cycnia inopinatus

description: Cycnia inopinatus (Edwards, 1882)
Euchaetes inopinatus Edwards, 1882: 13.
Euchaetes nivalis Stretch, 1906: 124. — Type locality: [North America]. — Type specimens: Undisclosed number of syntypes (CAS; not found).
TYPE LOCALITY. — [USA], Florida, Indian River.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Holotype male no. 7942 (AMNH).
REMARK
Reported from Mexico by Turrent Díaz (1996: 80).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 373, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344