Framing the future: how museums shape sustainability mindsets in business education - Yang, Charlie; Ivanova, Ekaterina; Ivanova, Maria (The Power of Arts-Based Pedagogies: Transforming Mindsets to Shape Our Future, 2026)
Recent research proposes that arts-integrated teaching approaches in business education can nurture students' aesthetic sensitivity and emotional capacities, such as self-awareness and empathy. In this chapter, we examine the pedagogical possibility of art appreciation in art museums as a consciousness-raising practice, especially for the sake of cultivating business students' environmental awareness in two different contexts. We have analyzed American and Russian students' reflective essays based on their museum visits in order to explore how business students make sense of their aesthetic experiences and how art appreciation helps them to develop their sustainability mindset in a creative learning space. Through attentive viewing of the works of art, students have learned some key insights from their aesthetic appreciation at art museums. These insights not only facilitated honing their emotional skills, but also deepened their environmental awareness and heightened their sense of personal empowerment to act upon these newly acquired insights and values ensuing from art appreciation. After identifying six key themes extracted from both groups of students' essays based on their museum learning, we further discuss the pedagogical implications of contemplative art appreciation in museums as a means of contributing to more innovative and sustainable management education. © 2026 selection and editorial matter, Ekaterina Ivanova, Isabel Rimanoczy and Divya Singhal; individual chapters, the contributors.
Keywords: dept.mgt

Forgotten Learners: High School Transition Students With Disabilities - Laughlin, Michael K. (Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 2026)
Because physical literacy and activity are not emphasized in special education as they are in physical education or adapted physical education (PE/APE), this editorial explores two important questions: Do high school transition students receive PE/APE programming? And are PE/APE teachers introduced or exposed to transition services at any point in their teacher training?. © 2026 SHAPE America.
Keywords: dept.hms

Investigating the Feasibility, Usability, and Efficacy of a Mobile App to Reduce Anxiety and Depression in Families of Critical Care Cancer Patients: A Quasi-Experimental Pilot Study - Faiola, Anthony; Soroya, Saira; Munker, Reinhold; Hao, Zhonglin; Lambert, Joshua (Healthcare, 2026)
Background: Cancer patients admitted to the bone marrow transplant (BMT) unit face life-threatening medical conditions. Consequently, their family members experience uncertainty, resulting in high levels of anxiety and depression (AD). Limited updates and communication from medical staff exacerbate these emotional burdens. To address these challenges, we developed a mobile health (mHealth) intervention, FamCarePlus, and evaluated its feasibility, usability, and efficacy. We hypothesized that the FamCarePlus application would demonstrate a high degree of feasibility and usability and would reduce AD compared to a control group relying solely on traditional communication through the nurses’ station. Methods: We employed a quasi-experimental pretest/posttest non-randomized, non-blinded self-report design over 3 weeks, with an experimental group (n = 10) using FamCarePlus and a control group (n = 9). We selected participants via convenience sampling using the electronic medical record to identify eligible patients and families, guided by inclusion and exclusion criteria. We used descriptive statistics and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) guidelines to analyze the data. Feasibility was defined by a retention rate > 80%, with usability testing using the System Usability Scale (SUS) and NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) surveys. The HADS measured AD, comparing baseline to Week 3. Results: We met our feasibility criteria of >80%. All SUS and NASA scores were in the higher index, suggesting a significant degree of usability and low workload demand on participants. For efficacy, we compared baseline mean scores, with the experimental group reporting lower AD levels at Week 1 (41.9% and 27.8%, respectively) than the control group (55.2% and 34.2%, respectively). From Week 1 to Week 3, the percentage change showed an 8.6% decrease in anxiety in the experimental group, compared to a 12.8% decrease in anxiety in the control group. These results were consistent when analyzed according to HADS guidelines. Conclusions: The findings of this study provide preliminary evidence that the FamCarePlus intervention is feasible and usable, while also demonstrating that its use may be associated with a sustained reduction in AD levels among family members of patients admitted to the BMT unit. These outcomes underscore the potential of digital interventions to address disparities in patient health information access and psychosocial support.
Keywords: Anxiety; Depression (economics); Descriptive statistics; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; System usability scale; Usability; Workload; anxiety; cancer; depression; dept.ils; families; intensive care unit; mHealth

Quality management and safety performance: the influence of ethical leaders among public sector employees - Birasnav, M.; Dahiya, Rinki; Dalpati, Avadhesh (The TQM Journal, 2026)
Keywords: Ethical leadership; Incentive; Job satisfaction; Motivation for QM implementation; Perceived safety performance; Public sector; Quality (philosophy); Structural equation modeling; Survey data collection; Test (biology); Work (physics); dept.mgt

Warm waters undermine cryptic female choice - Kustra, Matthew; Alissa, Louise; Rogers, Michaela; Molinari, M.; Stiver, Kelly; Marsh‐Rollo, Susan; Hellmann, Jennifer; Alonzo, Suzanne (Functional Ecology, 2026)
Abstract Understanding the thermal sensitivity of reproductive interactions is crucial given global warming. Previous studies have almost exclusively focused on interactions before mating, even though important interactions between the sexes also occur after mating (e.g. gamete interactions), which are likely also affected by temperature. Thus, it remains unknown how temperature affects the influence of female reproductive fluid on sperm performance, thereby altering female control over fertilization (cryptic female choice). This gap limits our understanding of how sexual selection changes with seasonal temperature fluctuations and temperatures outside the range of historical norms. We tested how temperatures relevant to current conditions and climate change projections influence the mechanisms underlying cryptic female choice in a marine fish, Symphodus ocellatus . Under typical, cooler thermal conditions, female reproductive fluid enhances sperm velocity and biases fertilization dynamics to favour preferred, dominant males over sneaker males. We find that warmer temperatures decrease female influence on sperm velocity, especially for dominant males. This results in dominant males having slower sperm than sneaker males at warmer temperatures, reducing the expected paternity of preferred, dominant males. Our results highlight that considering the thermal sensitivity of female–male interactions that occur after mating will be essential for understanding how seasonal variation and climate change can influence fertility, reproduction and sexual selection. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
Keywords: Gamete; Mating; Mating system; Reproduction; Reproductive success; Sexual selection; Sperm; Sperm competition; alternative reproductive tactics; climate change; dept.psy; mating systems; ovarian fluid; sexual selection; sperm competition; thermal ecology

The Neurospicy Queer Experience: Insights Into the Lived Experiences & Counseling Needs of Transgender and Gender Expansive Adults with ADHD - Gorski, J.; Bonjo, L.; Sassu, Kari; Councilor, KC (Journal of LGBTQ Issues in Counseling, 2026)
Keywords: ADHD; Expansive; Human sexuality; Lived experience; Qualitative research; Queer; Transgender; dept.com; dept.csp; gender affirming care; gender expansive; neurodivergence; neuroqueer; neurospicy

Effects of intraspecies and interspecies competition on genetic device construction and performance - Thompson, Samantha; Williams, Adrian; Dill, Veronica; Marshall, Deven; Sawyer, Emily; Alexander, Mason; Rahn-Lee, Lilah; Shih, Joseph (mSphere, 2025)
ABSTRACT One exciting class of future genetic devices could be those deployed in microbes that join complex microbial environments in the wild. We sought to determine whether genetic parts designed for monoculture are predictable when used in co-culture by testing constitutive Anderson promoters driving the expression of chromoproteins from a plasmid. In Escherichia coli monoculture, a high copy number origin of replication causes stochastic expression regardless of promoter strength, and high constitutive Anderson promoter strength leads to selection for inactivating mutations, resulting in inconsistent chromoprotein expression. Medium- and low-strength constitutive Anderson promoters function more predictably in E. coli monoculture but experience an increase in inactivating mutations when grown in co-culture over many generations with Pseudomonas aeruginosa . Expression from regulated promoters instead of constitutive Anderson promoters can lead to stable expression in a complex wastewater culture. Overall, we show intraspecies selection for inactivating mutations due to a competitive growth advantage for E. coli that do not express the genetic device compared to their peers that retain the functional device. We show additional interspecies selection against the functional device when E. coli is co-cultured with another organism. Together, these two selection pressures create a significant barrier to genetic device function in microbial communities that we overcome by utilizing a regulated E. coli promoter. Future strategies for genetic device design in microorganisms that need to function in a complex microbial environment should focus on regulated promoters and/or strategies that give the microorganism carrying the device a selective or growth advantage. IMPORTANCE First-generation biotechnology focused on genetic devices designed for use in monoculture conditions. One class of next-generation biotechnology devices could be designed to function in complex ecosystems with other organisms, so we sought to create conditions where the genetic device retained function when the organism carrying it is in co-culture with other organisms. We discovered that when the genetic device is a significant resource burden on the organism carrying the device, mutations will be selected for due to intraspecies and interspecies selection pressures, and the device will be rendered non-functional. Therefore, genetic device design for complex ecosystems in next-generation biotechnology needs to balance functionality of the genetic device with the need to reduce resource burden on the organism carrying it.
Keywords: Competition (biology); Function (biology); Genetic diversity; Genetic screen; Model organism; Organism; Resource (disambiguation); Selection (genetic algorithm); chromoproteins; dept.bio; genetics; interspecies selective pressure; microbial communities; promoters

Maternal Mortality Among Black Women in Brazil: A Retrospective Cohort Study - dos Santos, Gustavo; Njoku, Anuli; Mafetoni, Reginaldo; de Oliveira Sanfelice, Clara; Nicolau, Ana; Parenti, Patrícia; de Oliveira, Cely; López-Pedraza, Leticia; Mouta, Ricardo; Zihlmann, Karina; Lima, Cindy; Júnior, Cícero; et al. (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2026)
BACKGROUND: Maternal mortality in Brazil remains a critical indicator of social and racial inequalities, reflecting structural failures in access to and quality of obstetric care. Black women, particularly those categorized as black or brown, are at a higher risk of dying during pregnancy, childbirth, or the postpartum period. This is the result of the intersection of institutional racism, poverty, and social vulnerabilities. This study aimed to analyze trends and associated factors of maternal mortality among black women in Brazil from 2000 to 2020. METHODS: This is a retrospective cohort analytical study using data from the Brazilian Mortality Information System. The sample included women aged 10 to 49 years whose underlying cause of death was classified under ICD-10 codes O00-O99. Descriptive and bivariate analyses were conducted, as well as Poisson and multinomial logistic regressions to estimate adjusted risk ratios according to skin color, education, region, type, and place of death. RESULTS: A total of 40,907 maternal deaths were identified, with 59.2% occurring among black women. The maternal mortality ratio was 39% higher among black women compared to white women and more than double among Indigenous women. Low education, residence in the North and Northeast regions, deaths outside hospital settings, and lack of formal investigation were independently associated with increased risk. Direct obstetric causes accounted for most deaths, with hypertensive disorders and puerperal complications being the leading conditions. CONCLUSIONS: Maternal mortality among black women in Brazil reveals deep structural inequalities. Urgent public policies that incorporate an intersectional perspective, addressing race, gender, and class, are necessary to reduce disparities and ensure equitable and dignified maternal healthcare.
Keywords: Black women; Cohort study; Inequality; Maternal health; Maternal morbidity; Public health; Retrospective cohort study; dept.pch

Transforming clinical faculty preparation: A multistudent, multipatient simulation for nurse educator students - Kulacz, Regina; Lamberti, Amanda; Forte, Pamela; Lacey, Kimberly (Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 2026)
Keywords: Clinical Practice; Clinical faculty; Clinical judgment; Faculty development; Graduate students; Multipatient; Multistudent; Nurse education; Nurse educator; Nursing; Postgraduate; Role transition; Simulation; Student nurse; dept.nur

Measurement of medium-induced acoplanarity in central Au-Au and pp collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV using direct-photon+jet and π+ jet correlations - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review C, 2026)
The STAR Collaboration reports measurements of acoplanarity using semi-inclusive distributions of charged-particle jets recoiling from direct photon and π triggers, in central Au–Au and pp collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV. Significant medium-induced acoplanarity broadening is observed for large but not small recoil jet resolution parameter, corresponding to recoil jet yield enhancement up to a factor of ≈20 for trigger-recoil azimuthal separation far from π. This phenomenology is indicative of the response of the quark-gluon plasma to excitation, but not the scattering of jets off of its quasiparticles. The measurements are not well described by current theoretical models which incorporate jet quenching. © (2026), (American Physical Society). All rights reserved.
Keywords: Component (thermodynamics); Field (mathematics); Measure (data warehouse); Noise (video); Work (physics); dept.phy

Bilateral environmental aid under trade competition - Yoon, Sang; Kim, Younjun; Park, Byoung; Yoon, Chang-Ho (Applied Economics Letters, 2026)
Keywords: Bilateral environmental aid; Bilateral trade; Competition (biology); Environmental impact assessment; Environmental policy; Trade barrier; climate finance; dept.eco; energy-saving aid; strategic aid allocation; trade competition

Toward Resolving Kang and Park’s Generalization of the Alder–Andrews Theorem - Sturman, Leah; Swisher, Holly (La Matematica, 2026)
Keywords: Alder–Andrews theorem; Alder’s conjecture; Conjecture; Generalization; Inequality; Kang-Park conjecture; Partition (number theory); Rogers–Ramanujan identities; Type (biology); d-distinct partitions; dept.mat

Actigraphy-based sleep outcomes in substance use disorders: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis - Naveda, Alisson; Oliva, Henrique; Ghadimi, Delaram; Angarita, Gustavo (PLoS ONE, 2026)
INTRODUCTION: Individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs) are at increased risk for sleep disturbances, creating a bidirectional relationship that may heighten relapse risk. While polysomnography is the gold standard for measuring sleep, many studies have used actigraphy, a noninvasive, wrist-worn device that estimates rest-activity patterns and sleep-wake characteristics. Despite its utility, the use of actigraphy in populations with SUDs remains limited, and findings vary across substances and methodologies. This protocol outlines a systematic review and meta-analysis aiming to synthesize evidence on actigraphy-derived sleep outcomes across various substances. METHOD AND ANALYSIS: We will include peer-reviewed observational or interventional studies involving individuals aged 18 or older with a diagnosis of substance use (e.g., alcohol, benzodiazepines, cannabis, cocaine, opioids, methamphetamine, or nicotine) who use actigraphy to assess sleep compared to matched controls. Studies will be excluded during screening if they do not use actigraphy, do not include populations with SUDs, or focus on participants younger than 18. There will be no restrictions on location, setting, or language. Databases to be searched include PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, ProQuest, ClinicalTrials.gov, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Embase. Titles and abstracts will be screened in the first phase, followed by full-text screening using eligibility criteria. At least two independent reviewers will assess risk of bias using the Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies of Exposures (ROBINS-E) tool. A synthesis will summarize key findings, including study characteristics, population differences, and methodological variations. DISCUSSION: This review will offer a clear and comprehensive assessment of the current literature on actigraphy to examine sleep in SUD and to inform future research to study sleep and its implications in SUD populations. PROTOCOL REGISTRATION NUMBER: International Prospective Register for Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) number CRD420251072028.
Keywords: MEDLINE; Prospective cohort study; Protocol (science); Substance use; Systematic review; dept.psy

Song of my Soul: A Memoir - Rakfeldt, Jaak (Mascot Books, 2025)
An Estonian saying holds that everyone has a unique song in their heart. This profound theme resonates throughout the pages of Song of my Soul. This work is not merely a memoir but a visceral journey through the heart of a besieged nation and a family’s unwavering struggle for survival. Rakfeldt’s narrative immerses the reader in the turbulent twentieth century, when Estonia became a pawn in Stalin and Hitler’s brutal power plays, marked by the devastating impact of three successive occupations. The author recounts his family’s harrowing escape to Sweden, their flight through Europe, and the process of building a new life in the West. He weaves together poignant episodes from his parents’ lives in Estonia, which were shattered by the Soviet invasion, forcing them to flee into forests and marshes and live as partisans hunted by Russian death squads. Beyond the historical account, Song of my Soul is a deeply personal journey. Rakfeldt begins to reclaim his ancestral heritage and fill the void left by displacement and loss. He grapples with questions of identity and belonging. This book serves as a testament to the resilience of refugee families and chronicles the suffering of the Baltic people. It resonates with anyone who has faced immigration challenges and with those seeking to understand the lasting strength of the human spirit.
Keywords: dept.swk

From the guest editor: what is a Festschrift? By Lorrie Greenhouse Gardella - Gardella, Lorrie (Social Work With Groups, 2025)
Keywords: Climate change; Greenhouse; Greenhouse effect; Greenhouse gas; Work (physics); dept.swk

Erratum: Disappearance of partonic collectivity in √ sNN = 3 GeV Au+Au collisions at RHIC (Physics Letters B, (2022), 827, 137003) - STAR Collaboration (Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 2025)
We report on the measurements of directed flow v1 and elliptic flow v2 for hadrons (π±, K±, KS0, p, ϕ, Λ and Ξ−) from Au+Au collisions at sNN = 3 GeV and v2 for (π±, K±, p and p‾) at 27 and 54.4 GeV with the STAR experiment. While at the two higher energy midcentral collisions the number-of-constituent-quark (NCQ) scaling holds, at 3 GeV the v2 at midrapidity is negative for all hadrons and the NCQ scaling is absent. In addition, the v1 slopes at midrapidity for almost all observed hadrons are found to be positive, implying dominant repulsive baryonic interactions. The features of negative v2 and positive v1 slope at 3 GeV can be reproduced with a baryonic mean-field in transport model calculations. These results imply that the medium in such collisions is likely characterized by baryonic interactions. © 2025 The Authors.
Keywords: Baryonic interactions; Collectivity; High baryon density; NCQ scaling; STAR experiment; dept.phy

Oral Hygiene Care of Older Adults and Caregiver Education: A Systematic Review - Asanza, Dachel; Njoku, Anuli; Baviskar, Snehal; Evans, Marian; Mouloudj, Kamel (Hygiene, 2025)
Background: There is a need to develop comprehensive guidelines to encourage the promotion of oral hygiene care among older adults and to assist caregivers in this endeavor, taking into consideration the specific challenges that arise from aging, comorbidities and caregiving. Methods: This review was conducted by searching across relevant literature from meta-databases including Academic Google, PubMed, Scielo and Scopus for studies published from 2020 to 2024. PRISMA guidelines were followed. We included articles that described oral hygiene methods, caregiver education and mechanization status of older adults. Common themes, best practices, and gaps in current guidelines were tracked using extracted and analyzed data. Results: The review revealed multiple factors affecting the oral hygiene of older adults, with themes relating to physical impairment, cognitive dysfunction, and caregiver involvement. Highlighted between the approaches are individualized therapy for oral hygiene, caregiver education, and the use of technology to improve adherence to oral hygiene. Barriers like dental care access, underlying medical conditions complicating dental treatments, and cost considerations were identified. Conclusions: The findings emphasize the necessity of clear recommendations that can help caregivers and advance dental care for older adults.
Keywords: Dental care; Hygiene; MEDLINE; Oral health; Oral health care; Oral hygiene; Promotion (chess); Scopus; aged; caregiver education; caregivers; dentistry; dept.pch; education; frail elderly; healthy aging; older adult; oral health; oral hygiene; oral medicine

Period Poverty Among Black, Hispanic and Low-Income Communities in the United States: Challenges and Recommendations - Njoku, Anuli; Alhassan, Mubarak; Tohura, Sharaban; Garcia, Kayla (Hygiene, 2025)
Period poverty refers to the lack of access to or affordability of menstrual hygiene supplies such as sanitary products and the inaccessibility of washing facilities, waste disposal and educational materials. Period poverty can significantly affect menstruating individuals’ physical, mental, and reproductive health and emotional wellbeing; negatively impact educational outcomes; cause financial strain; result in absenteeism from work and school; create barriers to healthcare access; and perpetuate poor health outcomes for generations. Barriers to menstrual equity include lack of access to period support, cost, poor sanitary facilities, lack of education, social and cultural stigma, and legal restrictions. Therefore, it is crucial to actively advocate for initiatives to increase access to menstrual hygiene products, raise public awareness, and educate individuals on safe menstrual practices. Approximately 500 million girls and women worldwide and an estimated 16.9 million people in the United States experience period poverty, with the issue being particularly common among marginalized groups such as Black or Hispanic menstruating individuals and those who are homeless, living in poverty, of low income, or attending college. This article investigates the physical, psychological, educational and social impacts of inequitable access to menstrual products, menstrual education, and sanitation facilities among menstruating individuals who are Black, Hispanic or of low income within the United States. We examine the threat this poses to health equity and propose recommendations to address this pervasive issue.
Keywords: Absenteeism; Equity (law); Health care; Hygiene; Poverty; Public health; Sanitation; Socioeconomic status; dept.pch; environmental sustainability; gender disparities; health equity; menstrual education; menstrual health; menstrual health management; menstrual hygiene products; period poverty; period tax; polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS); poverty alleviation; women’s health

Social justice with harm reduction approaches for mothers who use opioids: an international comparative ethnographic study with community engaged methods - Boeri, Miriam; Lamonica, Aukje; Whittaker, Anne; Bruce, Marisa (Harm Reduction Journal, 2025)
BACKGROUND: Mothers and pregnant women who use opioids are particularly vulnerable. Mothers often fear surveillance, stigma, and loss of custody of their children when seeking treatment. Although opioid agonist therapy (OAT) has been shown to be effective, access varies regionally, and not all mothers can cease using opioids. This study compares outcomes of mothers who use opioids in the UK with universal healthcare and OAT access, and mothers in the U.S. with restricted healthcare and OAT access, focusing on their interactions with services. METHODS: This is a secondary data analysis of two studies on mothers who use opioids. Data were collected from nine mothers in Scotland (UK) and 20 mothers in New Jersey (US) through ethnographic, longitudinal studies spanning one year. The UK study used a "Learning Alliance" engagement approach, a patient/public engagement model that involves stakeholders in developing objectives and the dissemination of findings. The US study engaged "community-based consultants," who are paid individuals with lived experience from the study field communities to assist researchers in recruitment and ethnographic fieldwork. Ethical approval was received from review boards. Data were anonymized before analysis, and people with lived experience provided feedback on findings. Grounded theory methods were used for analysis. RESULTS: Findings reveal both convergent and divergent experiences. Mothers in Scotland had more access to healthcare and social housing but faced increased surveillance, while New Jersey mothers often experienced housing insecurity and difficulty obtaining healthcare. Shared challenges included trust issues, stigmatization, inconsistent practitioner engagement, responsibilization, and unclear expectations from child protection services. While Scottish mothers had better access to OAT, both groups faced child custody loss due to unregulated drug use. Mothers in both studies were struggling to meet reunification requirements of abstinence (with or without OAT) within the required time frame. CONCLUSIONS: Differing governance structures create persistent challenges across national boundaries. While health practitioners generally support harm reduction strategies, it does not go beyond OAT for mothers. Our findings indicate the need for radical harm reduction approaches with social justice for mothers who use drugs, including safer parental drug use strategies.
Keywords: Child protection; Community engagement; Corporate governance; Criminal justice; Economic Justice; Ethnography; Harm; Harm reduction; Health psychology; Mothers who use drugs; Opioids; SAFER; Social policy; dept.pch

Sleep Duration, Disturbances, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Stroke Survivors - Sawadogo, Wendemi; Adera, Tilahun; Burch, James; Alattar, Maha; Perera, Robert; Howard, Virginia (Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2025)
Keywords: Insomnia; Odds; Odds ratio; Quality of life; Quality of life (healthcare); Rehabilitation; Sleep (system call); Sleep disturbances; Sleep duration; Stroke (engine); Stroke survivors; dept.pch

Introduction and 2024–2025 Update - Felix, Alex Romero; Mendoza, Gary Santos; Torres-Baez, Daisy (Heart Work: The Handbook on the Surviving and Thriving of Cultural and Identity Centers in Higher Education, 2025)
Keywords: Cultural identity; Economic Justice; Identity (music); Inclusion (mineral); Relevance (law); Work (physics); dept.dei

Moving Forward - Felix, Alex Romero; Mendoza, Gary Santos; Torres-Baez, Daisy (Heart Work: The Handbook on the Surviving and Thriving of Cultural and Identity Centers in Higher Education, 2025)
Keywords: Cultural center; Cultural diversity; Cultural identity; Identity (music); Multiculturalism; Politics; dept.dei

Preface - Felix, Alex Romero; Mendoza, Gary Santos; Torres-Baez, Daisy (Heart Work: The Handbook on the Surviving and Thriving of Cultural and Identity Centers in Higher Education, 2025)
Keywords: dept.dei

Heart Work: The Handbook on the Surviving and Thriving of Cultural and Identity Centers in Higher Education - Felix, Alex Romero; Mendoza, Gary Santos; Torres-Baez, Daisy (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2025)
Heart Work: The Handbook on the Survival and Success of Cultural and Identity Centers in Higher Education highlights the experiences of higher education professionals working in these centers. This handbook offers a blend of personal stories and the latest research on cultural and identity centers, building on Dr. Lori Patton Davis’ 2010 book, Culture Centers in Higher Education: Perspectives on Identity, Theory, and Practice. Since 2010, these centers have navigated significant challenges, including the global COVID-19 pandemic, and have increased focus on institutional racism. The book delves into the experiences and histories of various cultural and identity centers, including Latinx/e Cultural Centers, Asian, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern Arab and Desi Cultural Centers, Native American/Indigenous Cultural Centers, Black/African American Cultural Centers, Disability Cultural Centers, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer+ Centers, and Undocumented Student Resource Centers. In light of recent events affecting minoritized populations, it also covers topics such as evolving practices in cultural/identity centers, university politics, and strategies for practitioners to advance and sustain the Heart Work. Heart Work offers community members - especially potential and current practitioners, faculty, and staff in higher education - an understanding of the recent environmental context of cultural and identity centers. As our society evolves, recognizing that identities are not monolithic and embracing intersectionality allows for a deeper understanding of oppression and lived experiences. This handbook aims to bridge the gap by continuing the research and practice of cultural and identity centers in higher education. © 2026 by Emerald Publishing Limited. All rights reserved.
Keywords: dept.dei

Celebrating and Supporting Latinidad on College Campuses: Latinx/E Cultural Centers - Felix, Alex Romero; Torres-Baez, Daisy (Heart Work: The Handbook on the Surviving and Thriving of Cultural and Identity Centers in Higher Education, 2025)
Keywords: Center (category theory); Cultural center; Higher education; Politics; Population; dept.dei

Supporting Native American/Indigenous Students’ Survivance Through Native American/Indigenous Cultural Centers - Torres-Baez, Daisy (Heart Work: The Handbook on the Surviving and Thriving of Cultural and Identity Centers in Higher Education, 2025)
Keywords: Cultural diversity; Ethnic group; Indigenous; Native american; Traditional knowledge; White (mutation); dept.dei

New reconstruction of DAN5 cranium (Gona, Ethiopia) supports complex emergence of Homo erectus - Baab, Karen; Kaifu, Yousuke; Freidline, Sarah; Rogers, Michael; Semaw, Sileshi (Nature Communications, 2025)
The African Early Pleistocene is a time of evolutionary change and techno-behavioral innovation in human prehistory that sees the advent of our own genus, Homo, from earlier australopithecine ancestors by 2.8-2.3 million years ago. This was followed by the origin and dispersal of Homo erectus sensu lato across Africa and Eurasia between ~ 2.0 and 1.1 Ma and the emergence of both large-brained (e.g., Bodo, Kabwe) and small-brained (e.g., H. naledi) lineages in the Middle Pleistocene of Africa. Here we present a newly reconstructed face of the DAN5/P1 cranium from Gona, Ethiopia (1.6-1.5 Ma) that, in conjunction with the cranial vault, is a mostly complete Early Pleistocene Homo cranium from the Horn of Africa. Morphometric analyses demonstrate a combination of H. erectus-like cranial traits and basal Homo-like facial and dental features combined with a small brain size in DAN5/P1. The presence of such a morphological mosaic contemporaneous with or postdating the emergence of the indisputable H. erectus craniodental complex around 1.6 Ma implies an intricate evolutionary transition from early Homo to H. erectus. This finding also supports a long persistence of small-brained, plesiomorphic Homo group(s) alongside other Homo groups that experienced continued encephalization through the Early to Middle Pleistocene of Africa. The origin and dispersal of Homo erectus, a long-lived and geographically widespread human ancestor, are unclear despite a rich fossil record. Here, the authors reconstruct the face from a Homo erectus cranium from Gona, Ethiopia, dated to 1.5-1.6 million years ago, providing insights into the evolutionary transition from early Homo to H. erectus.
Keywords: Crania; Early Pleistocene; Hominidae; Homo erectus; Human evolution; Pleistocene; Sensu; Skull; dept.ant

Exposure to Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Early Onset of Menarche: A Systematic Review - Njoku, Anuli; Al-Hassan, Mousa; Tohura, Sharaban; Albert, Kaleigh; Pierce, Taryn; Sawadogo, Wendemi (Pollutants, 2025)
There has been a decline in the age at which girls experience menarche worldwide. Research suggests that exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals is linked to negative health consequences, including early onset of menarche. This systematic review examined the association between exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and the early onset of menarche. Comprehensive searches of the PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Scopus databases were conducted to find relevant studies published from inception to November 2024. Exposure to certain EDCs, such as particulate matter and phthalates, showed significant associations with earlier menarche onset, while exposure to other EDCs (e.g., pyrethroids) was linked to delayed menarche timing. Overall, there were mixed findings in the relationships between various EDC exposures and menarche onset. Few studies investigated how exposure to EDCs and early menarche differed by race and ethnicity. This underscores the need for more studies that examine the relationship between early menarche onset and exposure to endocrine-disrupting substances. Education and policy approaches are also warranted to address this issue.
Keywords: Age of onset; Epidemiology; MEDLINE; Menarche; Risk assessment; Scopus; dept.pch; endocrine-disrupting chemicals; environmental health; menarche; puberty; reproductive health

Reply - Gao, Chloe; Szlosek, Donald; Zhong, Anthony; Hadland, Scott; Benes, Sarah (The Journal of Pediatrics, 2025)
Keywords: dept.hms

An exploratory analysis of equally male/female-owned firm performance in the United States - Toskin, Katarzyna; Jocic, Marko (International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, 2025)
Keywords: Business performance; Census; Entrepreneurship; Equally male/Female-owned firms; Exploratory analysis; Exploratory research; Family businesses; Firm ownership; Gender; Outcome (game theory); Sample (material); Test (biology); Variance (accounting); dept.bis

Remote Lesson Study as Continuing Professional Development for Physical Education Teachers - Colburn, Jeffrey; Knipe, Robert; Doherty, Brooke; Stephenson, Rachyl; Hamilton, Xiaofen (Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2026)
Purpose: This study investigated experiences of physical education teachers (PETs) participating in online remote andragogy-based lesson study (AbLS) during a pandemic. Method: Five PETs participated in this phenomenological case study. Seventeen online AbLS collaborative meetings took place via Zoom software. Three rounds of semistructured interviews were conducted and analyzed using collaborative qualitative analysis. Results: Three themes emerged: (a) AbLS facilitated depth of learning, increasing professional and individual growth; (b) AbLS structure influenced experience; and (c) the professional community of AbLS supported a natural adult learning (andragogical) environment. Discussion/Conclusion: Remote AbLS presented benefits for these PETs beyond professional learning that prior continuing professional development had not, including a sense of community, belonging, and professional worth. AbLS may have implications for research in perceived mattering and continuing professional development facilitation for PETs. Remote AbLS may bolster PETs in challenging local learning communities. © 2026 Human Kinetics, Inc.
Keywords: andragogy; dept.hms; marginalization; professional learning; remote communities

Reliability of Lingual Swallow Pressure Measurements in Healthy Older and Younger Adults - Smith, Julian; Murray, Kelsey; Szynkiewicz, Sarah; Wasiuk, Peter; Dalton, M; Thompson, Kirsty; Kamarunas, Erin (Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 2025)
Keywords: Bolus (digestion); Mastication; Measurement device; Reliability (semiconductor); Swallowing; dept.cmd; dysphagia; lingual strength; reliability; swallow pressureswallowingtongue strength

Intelligent Intrusion Detection System Using RF, SVM, and DT: A Comparison-Based KDD Data Set - Elashmawi, Walaa Hassan; Sheta, Alaa; Al-Qerem, Ahmad (Journal of Computer Science, 2025)
The rapid growth of technology has brought about many advantages, but has also made networks more susceptible to security threats. Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) play a vital role in protecting computer networks against malicious activities. Given the dynamic and constantly evolving nature of cyber threats, these systems must continuously adapt to maintain their effectiveness. Machine Learning (ML) methods have gained prominence as effective tools for constructing IDS that offer both high accuracy and efficiency. This study conducts a performance assessment of several machine learning classifiers, including Random Forests (RF), Decision Trees (DT), and Support Vector Machines (SVM), in addressing multiclass intrusion detection as a means to counter cybersecurity threats. The NSL-KDD dataset, which includes various network attacks, served as the basis for our experimental evaluation. The research explores two classification scenarios: a five-class and a three-class model, analyzing their impact on detection performance. The results demonstrate that RF consistently achieves the highest accuracy (85.42%) on the three-class scenario testing set, highlighting its effectiveness in handling patterns and non-linear relationships within the intrusion data. Furthermore, reducing the classification complexity (three classes vs. five classes) significantly improves model generalization, as evidenced by the reduced performance gap between training and testing data. Friedman’s rank test and Holm’s post-hoc analysis were applied to ensure statistical rigor, confirming that RF outperforms DT and SVM in all evaluation metrics. These findings establish RF as the most robust classifier for intrusion detection and underscore the importance of simplifying classification tasks for improved IDS performance. © (2025), (Science Publications). All rights reserved.
Keywords: Intrusion Detection System; Multi-Class Classifications; Random Forest Classifier; dept.csc

Temperature measurement of Quark-Gluon plasma at different stages - STAR Collaboration (Nature Communications, 2025)
In a Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP), the fundamental building blocks of matter, quarks and gluons, are under extreme conditions of temperature and density. A QGP could exist in the early stages of the Universe, and in various objects and events in the cosmos. The thermodynamic and hydrodynamic properties of the QGP are described by Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) and can be studied in heavy-ion collisions. Despite being a key thermodynamic parameter, the QGP temperature is still poorly known. Thermal lepton pairs (e+e− and μ+μ−) are ideal penetrating probes of the true temperature of the emitting source, since their invariant-mass spectra suffer neither from strong final-state interactions nor from blue-shift effects due to rapid expansion. Here we measure the QGP temperature using thermal e+e− production at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). The average temperature from the low-mass region (in-medium ρ0 vector-meson dominant) is (2.01 ± 0.23) × 1012 K, consistent with the chemical freeze-out temperature from statistical models and the phase transition temperature from Lattice QCD. The average temperature from the intermediate mass region (above the ρ0 mass, QGP dominant) is significantly higher at (3.25 ± 0.60) × 1012 K. This work provides essential experimental thermodynamic measurements to map out the QCD phase diagram and understand the properties of matter under extreme conditions. © The Author(s) 2025.
Keywords: Measure (data warehouse); Phase diagram; Plasma; Quantum chromodynamics; Quark–gluon plasma; Temperature measurement; Thermal; Transition temperature; Work (physics); dept.phy

Healthy Futures for Young Women With Obesity: A Mixed Methods Study - Rupp, Kristie; Bryan, JohnM.; Abel-Berei, Catherine (American Journal of Health Promotion, 2025)
Keywords: Focus group; Health promotion; Intervention (counseling); Mental health; Obesity; Perception; Physical activity; Psychological intervention; Psychosocial; dept.hms; health behavior; weight bias; weight stigma; women’s health

The Relationship Between Sleep Disorders and Stroke - Sawadogo, Wendemi; Adera, Tilahun (Handbook of the Behavior and Psychology of Disease, 2025)
Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. It is a serious disease caused by a disruption of blood flow in the brain resulting from either blockage of blood flow to the brain (ischemic stroke) or sudden bleeding in the brain (hemorrhagic stroke). Stroke survivors experience more sleep disorders than the general population. Sleep disorders could also increase the risk of stroke even in individuals who have no history of stroke. Obstructive sleep apnea and insomnia are the most common sleep disorders associated with increased risk of stroke. Long sleep duration (≥9 h/day) and circadian rhythm changes have also been linked to an increased risk of stroke. This chapter summarizes the current evidence on the relationship between sleep disorders and stroke. © 2025 Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Keywords: Central sleep apnea; Circadian rhythm disruption; Hypersomnia; Insomnia; Obstructive sleep apnea; Parasomnia; Sleep disorders; Sleep disturbances; Sleep movement disorders; Stroke; dept.pch

Property and precarisation: reading Seth Tobocman’s War in the Neighborhood and Fly’s CHRON!IC!RIOTS!PA!SM! - Stretch, Cynthia (Textual Practice, 2025)
Keywords: Fly (Elen Orr); Isabell Lorey; Property (philosophy); Reading (process); Seth Tobocman; bad debt; dept.eng; precarisation; squatting

Turning to returnees - Schmitt, Elena (Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 2025)
Keywords: dept.wll

Measurements of ϒ states production in p + p collisions at √s = 500 GeV with STAR: Cross sections, ratios, and multiplicity dependence - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review D, 2025)
We report measurements of ϒ(1S), ϒ(2S) and ϒ(3S) production in p + p collisions at √s = 500 GeV ffiffi by the STAR experiment in year 2011, corresponding to an integrated luminosity Lint = 13 pb−1. The results provide precise cross sections, transverse momentum (pT) and rapidity (y) spectra, as well as cross section ratios for pT < 10 GeV=c and |y| < 1. The dependence of the ϒ yield on charged particle multiplicity has also been measured, offering new insights into the mechanisms of quarkonium production. The data are compared to various theoretical models: the color evaporation model (CEM) accurately describes the ϒ(1S) production, while the color glass condensate + nonrelativistic quantum chromodynamics (CGC + NRQCD) model overestimates the data, particularly at low pT. Conversely, the color singlet model (CSM) underestimates the rapidity dependence. These discrepancies highlight the need for further development in understanding the production dynamics of heavy quarkonia in high-energy hadronic collisions. The trend in the multiplicity dependence is consistent with CGC/saturation and string percolation models or ϒ production happening in multiple parton interactions modeled by PYTHIA8. © 2025 American Physical Society
Keywords: Algorithm; Mathematics; dept.phy

Restorative Masculine Integration Theory - Angelucci, Todd; Gallegos, Julian (American Journal of Men s Health, 2025)
The Restorative Masculine Integration Theory (RMIT) introduces a strengths-based, systems-oriented framework for promoting healthy masculinity through healing, leadership, and relational engagement. Developed in response to the adverse effects of masculine suppression, such as emotional disengagement, burnout, and polarity collapse, RMIT outlines a five-phase Cycle of Masculine Restoration: reclaimed masculinity, emotional safety and trust, grounded leadership, rebalanced gender polarity, and healing with cultural renewal. These stages are underpinned by core concepts including psychological safety, peer mentorship, emotional literacy, and authentic masculinity. Drawing from interdisciplinary foundations in gender studies, emotional intelligence, trauma-informed practice, polarity theory, and servant leadership, RMIT offers an adaptable framework for use across clinical, educational, organizational, and policy settings. Its alignment with the MANifest Health Theory further strengthens its applicability in men's health promotion. This manuscript elaborates the theory's conceptual development, visual model, and practical implications, while identifying future directions for empirical validation and inclusive application. RMIT advances a timely and restorative model for transforming masculine identity into a source of individual and collective resilience.
Keywords: Conceptual framework; Conceptual model; Culture theory; Empirical research; Gender identity; Grounded theory; Identity (music); Masculinity; PsycINFO; dept.nur; emotional literacy; masculinity; men’s health; peer mentorship; polarity; psychological safety; theory development; trauma-informed care

Effects of Home Care on the Use of Medical Services by the Elderly in China’s National Medical Insurance System - Qin, Wenshuai; Chen, Chien‐Ping; Wang, Yangyang; Chen, Hong; Zhang, Ze; Qin, Lijian (International Advances in Economic Research, 2025)
Keywords: Ambulatory care; Elderly; Government (linguistics); Health care; Home care; Medical care; Medical insurance; Medical record; Medical services; Restructuring; Service (business); Social security; dept.bus

Imaging of the Velopharynx: Nasopharyngoscopy - Kummer, Ann W.; Mabry, Kelly (Cleft Palate and Velopharyngeal Dysfunction: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Evaluation and Management, 2025)
Nasopharyngoscopy is a minimally invasive endoscopic procedure that allows visual observation and analysis of the velopharyngeal mechanism during speech. It can be used to assess both anatomic and physiologic abnormalities of the velopharyngeal valve. In cases of suspected velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI), nasopharyngoscopy is particularly useful in determining the size, location, and cause of the velopharyngeal opening. This information is very important for surgical planning. Nasopharyngoscopy is also useful in the assessment of secondary surgery that was done for VPI. It can help determine the need for revision and the type of revision surgery that is most likely to be successful. The purpose of the chapter is to explain how nasopharyngoscopy is used in the evaluation of velopharyngeal function. This chapter includes specific tips for achieving a successful examination in children as young as age 3. Finally, important observations from nasopharyngoscopy are described. © 2025 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Keywords: Hypernasality; Instrumental assessment; Medicine; Nasal emission; Nasendoscopy; Nasopharyngoscopy; Resonance disorder; Velopharyngeal dysfunction; Velopharyngeal incompetence; Velopharyngeal insufficiency; Velopharyngeal valve; dept.cmd

Bridging Borders: Teacher Perspectives on Refugee Students’ Schooling in Germany and the U.S. - Beck, Abby; Becker, Carmen; Hoş, Rabia (Multicultural Perspectives, 2025)
Keywords: Bridging (networking); Citizenship; Immigration; Qualitative research; Refugee; Teacher education; dept.grad

Exploring Black Maternal Suicidal Ideation: A Pilot Study Exploring Risk and Protective Factors for Perinatal Suicidal Thoughts in Black Women - Welz, Natasha (Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 2025)
Keywords: Black women; Exploratory research; Feeling; Mental health; Occupational safety and health; Postpartum period; Pregnancy; Public health; Racism; Suicide prevention; dept.swk

Virtual Faculty Development Program for Doctoral Advising - Penny, Frances (Nurse Educator, 2025)
Keywords: Academic advising; Career development; Faculty development; MEDLINE; Professional development; Virtual patient; dept.nur

Advancing Library Services for Mobile Users - Liu, Yan Quan (IGI Global Scientific Publishing, 2025)
As mobile technology becomes integral to everyday life, libraries rework their services to meet the needs of their users. Advancing library services for mobile users requires seamless, intuitive experiences that support research, learning, and engagement. From mobile-friendly catalogs and e-book pla...
Keywords: dept.ils

ES-SVM Hyperparameter Optimization for Non-Invasive Coronary Heart Disease Classification - Sheta, Alaa; Elashmawi, Walaa H.; Surani, Salim; Baareh, Abdel Karim M.; Rauch, Peter; Othman, Emad S. (5th International Mobile, Intelligent, and Ubiquitous Computing Conference, MIUCC 2025, 2025)
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading global cause of death, making early detection essential. While coronary angiography is the diagnostic gold standard, its invasive nature poses risks, and non-invasive symptom-based methods often lack accuracy. Machine learning-powered computer-aided diagnostic systems can effectively address challenges in clinical decisionmaking. This work presents an Evolutionary Strategy-optimized Support Vector Machine (ES-SVM) model for classifying CHD based on non-invasive test results and patient characteristics. Using the Coronary Heart Disease dataset, the proposed ESSVM demonstrated significant precision and F1-scores, as well as the accuracy of the proposed model. The results indicate that SVM performance can be significantly enhanced through evolutionary hyperparameter tuning, resulting in a reliable, noninvasive diagnostic tool for initial CAD screening and supporting early intervention techniques. © 2025 IEEE.
Keywords: CAD; Classification; Coronary Heart Disease; Coronary angiography; Coronary heart disease; Diagnostic accuracy; Evolutionary Strategies; Gold standard (test); Hyperparameter; Machine Learning; Non-Invasive Screening; Support Vector Machine; Support vector machine; dept.csc

Alternative Splicing and Gene Expression Variation Underlie Population and Life History Differences in an Amphibian - Hu, Juntao; Ren, Xingyue; Barrett, Rowan; Samma, Eman; Sulkowski, Mikolaj; Brady, Steven (Ecology and Evolution, 2025)
ABSTRACT Phenotypic variation is common across life history and among populations occupying different environments, yet the molecular mechanisms underlying these axes of divergence remain poorly understood. Much work has focused on gene expression as a link between genetic variation, environmental variation, and phenotypes, but post‐transcriptional processes such as alternative splicing—which affect how transcripts are assembled rather than how much of a transcript is produced—are increasingly recognized as additional modulators of plasticity and adaptation. Here, we examined gene expression and alternative splicing together in the wood frog ( Rana sylvatica ), an amphibian with a complex life cycle whose populations differ across replicated gradients of road adjacency and associated pollution. We found extensive transcriptomic differences between hatchlings and adults, with thousands of genes differentially expressed or spliced. Individuals clustered strongly by population for both expression and splicing. Differences at the habitat level were less extensive, but revealed two differentially expressed genes ( HSP70 and Gpsm2 ) and one differentially spliced gene ( Cd82 ) that consistently distinguished roadside and woodland populations. Overall, genetic differentiation between populations was low, suggesting that phenotypic and transcriptomic differences likely emerge in the presence of gene flow and reflect plastic responses. Together, these results highlight transcriptomic plasticity as an important mechanism shaping variation across both development and population differentiation.
Keywords: Alternative splicing; Amphibian; Gene; Gene expression; Genetic variation; Phenotypic plasticity; Population; Transcriptome; alternative splicing; dept.bio; gene expression; local adaptation; maladaptation; population divergence

Conflict and cooperation in male–male partnerships alter paternal care behavior in the ocellated wrasse - Hellmann, Jennifer; Stiver, Kelly; Marsh‐Rollo, Susan; Alonzo, Suzanne (Behavioral Ecology, 2025)
Keywords: Biology; Fish; Fishery; Genetics; Paternal care; Symphodus ocellatus; Wrasse; Zoology; dept.psy; parental care; plasticity; reproduction; sexual selection; temperature

The Selectivity of Butyrylcholinesterase Inhibitors Revisited - Gambardella, Michael; Wang, Yigui; Pang, Jiongdong (Molecules, 2025)
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors are the primary target for single-molecule anti-Alzheimer's disease (AD) therapeutics. Though AChE has historically been the focus of investigation for small-molecule inhibitors, interest in another cholinergic enzyme, butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), has grown in recent years. Attention stems from BChE's role in β-amyloid (Aβ) protein aggregation and an increase in BChE concentration during the late stages of AD, where a decrease in AChE concentration is also observed. Currently, five FDA-approved drugs are on the market for inhibiting AChE, though no BChE-selective drugs have been approved so far. In this review, we focus on newly identified BChE selective inhibitors and present the ideas behind these discoveries.
Keywords: Acetylcholinesterase; Aché; Alzheimer’s disease; BChE selectivity; Butyrylcholinesterase; Cholinergic; Cholinesterase; Enzyme; Selectivity; acetylcholinesterase; butyrylcholinesterase; dept.che; inhibitor; synthesis; virtual screening

Availability of School-Based Sexual and Reproductive Health Services - Zhong, Anthony; Szlosek, Donald; Gao, Chloe; Dang, Nhu; Benes, Sarah (American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2025)
Keywords: Health services; MEDLINE; Public health; Reproductive health; Sexual behavior; dept.hms

A Study of the Coverage of Open Educational Resources (OER) Through Websites of Colleges and Universities in Connecticut - Brown, Mary; Kim, Hak Joon (Practical Academic Librarianship: The International Journal of the SLA Academic Division, 2025)
Notwithstanding reports of increased awareness and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in higher education, the literature notes that awareness and use of and institutional support for OER remain major challenges to campuses seeking to reduce student cost burden and support access to materials. OER also support faculty who desire to move beyond the traditional textbooks in order to increase their students’ engagement and thereby access to learning, to support pedagogical changes they are making that enhance student learning, and to give faculty greater control over their courses. The university website, as a public-facing vehicle to aid students, parents, alumni, faculty, the community, and interested others in being aware, among other things, of the resources available, is examined for findable support for OER. The purpose of this study is to show, through examination of their websites, a snapshot of the response of Connecticut universities and colleges to OER. Through an examination of these websites, we gage the ability to connect with information related to OER through the university website.
Keywords: dept.ils

Precision measurement of the longitudinal double-spin asymmetry for dijet production at intermediate pseudorapidity ffiffi in polarized pp collisions at √s = 200 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review D, 2025)
The STAR Collaboration reports precise measurements of the longitudinal double-spin asymmetry, ALL, for dijet production with at least one jet at intermediate pseudorapidity 0.8 < ηjet < 1.8 in polarized proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 200 GeV. This study explores partons scattered with a longitudinal momentum fraction (x) from 0.01 to 0.5, which are predominantly characterized by interactions between high-x valence quarks and low-x gluons. The results are in good agreement with previous measurements at 200 GeV with improved precision and are found to be consistent with the predictions of global analyses that find the gluon polarization to be positive. In contrast, the negative gluon polarization solution from the JAM Collaboration is found to be strongly disfavored. © 2025 American Physical Society
Keywords: Asymmetry; Computer science; Particle physics; Physics; Production (economics); Pseudorapidity; Spin (aerodynamics)

Hyperon global polarization in isobar Ru+Ru and Zr+Zr collisions at sNN=200GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 2025)
The polarization of Λ , Λ ¯ , Ξ − , and Ξ ¯ + hyperons along the angular momentum of the system has been measured in isobar collisions of Ru+Ru and Zr+Zr at s N N = 200 GeV with the STAR detector at RHIC. The polarization dependence on collision centrality exhibits an increasing trend in more peripheral collisions. Λ and Λ ¯ polarization dependence on the transverse momentum and pseudorapidity have been investigated, but no significant dependence was observed. The polarizations of Λ and Λ ¯ are found to be consistent with each other, indicating little contribution of the spin-magnetic coupling to the measured polarization. Comparison to previously measured polarization in Au+Au collisions show no obvious system size dependence. The results are qualitatively consistent with hydrodynamic calculations including contributions from shear-induced polarization and thermal vorticity. For the first time in heavy-ion collisions, the dependence of the global polarization on the hyperon’s emission azimuthal angle relative to the second-order event plane has been measured, indicating stronger polarization for the in-plane emitted hyperons at the level of 2.4 σ significance in 20–50 % centrality. The Ξ hyperon polarization measurements via polarization transfer analysis yield finite positive values with 2.9 σ significance in 20–50 % centrality, slightly larger compared to the inclusive Λ polarization. © 2025 The Authors.
Keywords: Global polarization; Hyperon; Vorticity; dept.phy

Humanistic Education: A Collection of Reflective Essays - Narvaez, George (Independently published, 2025)
Humanistic Education: A Collection of Reflective Essays by George Narvaez is a compelling anthology that bridges classical philosophy, modern educational theory, and personal reflection. Drawing on the author’s graduate studies at Harrison Middleton University, these twenty essays offer a deep dive into the evolution of human thought on education, knowledge, and the art of learning.This book is ideal for readers interested in the humanities, education, philosophy, or self-directed learning. It engages with timeless questions:What does it mean to “know” something?How is knowledge constructed and communicated?How can education empower individuals and communities?Inside this collection, you will explore:✔️ The foundational philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, and Aquinas✔️ Modern insights from William James, John Dewey, and Benjamin Franklin✔️ The evolution of rhetoric and epistemology across history✔️ The relationship between language, culture, and cognition✔️ The author's transformative journey through educationEach essay combines academic rigor with accessible language, offering readers a path to understand how classical theories of liberal education connect with contemporary learning practices. From the “education of the hemispheres” in William James’s psychology to the experiential learning of Franklin and Dewey, the author shows that learning is not just about absorbing information—it’s about transforming the way we live, communicate, and understand ourselves and others.Key themes include:Rhetoric as a tool for empowermentEpistemology as a process of inquiryCivic responsibility through educationPersonal growth through humanistic reflectionWhether you're an educator, student, scholar, or lifelong learner, Humanistic Education is a thought-provoking guide to the intellectual traditions that continue to shape our educational ideals.Start your journey through the minds of history’s greatest thinkers—and reflect on your own learning path.

Manufacturing Trustworthiness in Qualitative Research as a Writerly and Readerly Accomplishment: Introduction to the Special Issue - Van Cleave, Jessica; Wolgemuth, Jennifer; Marn, Travis (Qualitative Inquiry, 2025)
Keywords: Construct (python library); Product (mathematics); Qualitative research; Space (punctuation); Theme (computing); Tinker; Trustworthiness; dept.cur; possibility; publication; scholarly writing; trustworthiness

Breaking the truth bias: the impact of comparable truth baselines and reality interview on veracity judgments by laypeople and police officers - Bogaard, Glynis; Nieuwkamp, Veerle; Colwell, Kevin (Police Practice and Research, 2025)
This study examined whether embedding baselining within the Reality Interview (RI) protocol enhances intuitive veracity judgments. Baselining involves using a person's truthful verbal behavior as a reference point for evaluating the veracity of subsequent statements. We hypothesized that access to a comparable truth baseline (CTB) would improve veracity judgment accuracy. Eyewitnesses of a mock crime were interviewed with the RI and instructed to respond either honestly or deceptively. Laypeople (Experiment 1) and police officers (Experiment 2) evaluated these statements with or without a CTB. With a CTB, laypeople showed significantly higher accuracy in detecting deception and a reduced truth bias. However, police officers showed no improvement, maintaining chance-level performance regardless of statement veracity. These findings suggest that CTBs enhance lie detection in laypeople but not in trained professionals. Future research should explore tailored approaches to improving veracity judgments, perhaps incorporating specific guidelines on how to best use available cues.
Keywords: Baseline (sea); Comparable Truth Baseline; Deception; Interview; Lie detection; Point (geometry); Protocol (science); Reality Interview; Statement (logic); Trustworthiness; dept.psy; lie detection; verbal cues

Listening to Community to Improve Breastfeeding Friendliness: Findings From a Community Readiness Assessment on Breastfeeding - Frieson, Tomeka; Masterson, Amelia; Tran, Victoria; Douglass, Frankie; Duffany, Kathleen (Health Promotion Practice, 2025)
Breastfeeding is a key nutritional behavior for infants during their first years of life. While prenatal breastfeeding intentions do not differ significantly between non-Hispanic Black and White mothers, the ability to meet those intentions decreases over time, and to a greater extent among Black mothers. This is partially due to environments inadequately supportive of individuals' breastfeeding needs (i.e., not breastfeeding-friendly). The Community Readiness Assessment is a powerful tool to assess a community's readiness to take action on pressing health issues. While it is frequently used to understand readiness to prevent negative health outcomes, this study explores how it can be used to understand readiness to promote breastfeeding friendliness and subsequently identify appropriate intervention strategies. Between November 2020 and June 2021, we conducted interviews with 23 key respondents in New Haven, Connecticut, representing five community sectors. Respondents scored five dimensions of readiness on a 9-point scale (1 = no awareness, 9 = community ownership). The overall community readiness score was 4.2, denoting the "preplanning" stage of readiness. The highest-scoring readiness dimension was "community knowledge about the issue" (mean score: 4.5), and the lowest-scoring dimension was "resources related to the issue" (mean score: 3.3). Small business owners reported the highest readiness score by sector (mean score: 5.0), while large employers reported the lowest (mean score: 3.1). Scores stratified by both sector and dimension revealed specific areas within the community where readiness-level-appropriate interventions could be implemented. This study highlights the benefit of assessing community readiness prior to intervention to identify tailored, equitable, and effective intervention strategies.
Keywords: Active listening; Breast feeding; Breastfeeding; Breastfeeding promotion; Community Readiness Assessment; Community health; Intervention (counseling); Psychological intervention; Scale (ratio); breastfeeding; breastfeeding-friendly; community; community assessment; community readiness; dept.hhs; public health practice

Producing Participants: Trustworthiness as Convenient Fiction - Van Cleave, Jessica; Marn, Travis (Qualitative Inquiry, 2025)
Keywords: Objectivity (philosophy); Qualitative research; Quality (philosophy); Reputation; Rigour; Transparency (behavior); Trustworthiness; Verisimilitude; dept.cur; fiction; methodologies; qualitative criteria; qualitative research; transparency; trustworthiness

Karomemphitai. Origin stories of Karians in Egypt and their role in the rise of the Saite dynasty - Scolnic, Benjamin (Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 2025)
Keywords: Archaeomagnetic dating; Context (archaeology); Foundation (evidence); Karians; Memphis; Power (physics); Saite dynasty; assimilation; dept.jst; identity; oracles

Artificial Intelligence, Misinformation, and Libraries: A New Frontier for Information Professionals - Salubi, Oghenere (Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 2025)
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has experienced rapid advancement, fundamentally transforming the information landscape. This technological shift has not only amplified the dissemination of misinformation but has also posed significant challenges to conventional frameworks of trust and verification. This paper explores the dual impact of AI: its potential to enhance information services while simultaneously amplifying misinformation and disinformation. Seven AI-generated misinformation cases between 2022 and 2025—ranging from deepfakes and political propaganda to impersonation and amplification were analyzed. Through thematic case analysis and interdisciplinary synthesis, the study proposes the AI-Misinformation Resilience Model (AIM-RM), a conceptual framework guiding proactive responses across verification infrastructure, digital literacy, and ethical policy engagement. Drawing on recent scholarly literature and grounded in information ethics, epistemic trust, and sociocultural literacy, the model offers a path forward for LIS professionals seeking to navigate the post-truth era. Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology | Nov. 14 – 18, 2025 | Washington, DC, USA.
Keywords: Deepfakes; Generative artificial intelligence; Information literacy; Library and information professionals; Misinformation; dept.ils

Precision Measurement of Net-Proton-Number Fluctuations in Au+Au Collisions at RHIC - STAR Collaboration (Physical review letters, 2025)
We report precision measurements on cumulants (C_{n}) and factorial cumulants (κ_{n}) of (net) proton number distributions up to fourth order in Au+Au collisions over center-of-mass energies sqrt[s_{NN}]=7.7-27  GeV from phase II of the Beam Energy Scan program at RHIC. (Anti)protons are selected at midrapidity (|y|<0.5) within a transverse momentum range of 0.4<p_{T}<2.0  GeV/c. Relative to various noncritical-point model calculations and peripheral collision 70%-80% data, the net proton C_{4}/C_{2} measurement in 0%-5% collisions shows a minimum around 19.6 GeV for significance of deviation at ∼2-5σ. A minimum in C_{4}/C_{2} with respect to a noncritical baseline is expected to be a characteristic feature of the signature associated with a critical point in the QCD phase diagram. In addition, deviations from noncritical baselines around the same collision energy region are also seen in proton factorial cumulant ratios, especially in κ_{2}/κ_{1} and κ_{3}/κ_{1}. Dynamical model calculations including a critical point are called for in order to understand these precision measurements.
Keywords: Net (polyhedron); Nuclear physics; Physics; Proton; dept.phy

AI in Special Education: Bridging Gaps, Easing Workloads, and Inspiring Inclusion - DiBattista, Eileen; Erazmus, Kelly; Tucker, Lauren (Teaching Exceptional Children, 2025)
Keywords: Bridging (networking); Inclusion (mineral); Learning disability; Special education; Teaching method; dept.sed

HST Proper Motions of Andromeda V and Andromeda VI - Casetti-Dinescu, Dana I.; Pawlowski, Marcel S.; Girard, Terrence M.; Kanehisa, Kosuke Jamie; Martone, Max; Petroski, Alexander (Astrophysical Journal, 2025)
We measure the absolute proper motions of Andromeda V (And V) and Andromeda VI/Pegasus (And VI) dwarf galaxies, satellites of M31 located near its galactic plane. And VI is located the farthest from M31 among the six satellites with currently measured proper motions. A combination of Advanced Camera for Surveys/wide filed channel (WFC) and WFPC2 exposures is utilized, spanning a 20 yr time baseline. The WFPC2 exposures are processed using a recently developed deep-learning centering procedure as well as the most up-to-date astrometric calibration of the camera. We use on the order of 100 background galaxies per satellite to determine the correction to absolute proper motion. For And V, we obtain an absolute proper motion of (μα, μδ)And V= (26.1 ± 21.5 , − 74.2 ± 19.1) μ as yr−1. For And VI, we obtain an absolute proper motion of (μα, μδ)And VI= (− 1.6 ± 12.3 , − 52.6 ± 11.2) μ as yr−1. Orbit integrations and analyses are made for these two Andromeda satellites using two estimates of both the mass and proper motion of M31. It is found that And V has an orbit consistent within errors with alignment with M31’s disk and counter orbiting it, although this alignment is not well constrained. And VI’s orbit is better determined and is very much consistent with coorbiting with M31’s disk. While currently at a distance of ∼280 kpc from M31, And VI will remain beyond a distance of ∼90 kpc from M31, thus experiencing low tidal influence compared to the other M31 satellites with known orbits. Both satellites are determined to be well-bound to M31. © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
Keywords: dept.phy

Association Between Social Determinants of Health and Borderline Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review - Guerrera, Patrick; Sawadogo, Wendemi; Baviskar, Snehal; Pham, Julie; Patel, Nirali; Cyrus, John (Personality and Mental Health, 2025)
Keywords: Association (psychology); Borderline personality disorder; Context (archaeology); Interpersonal relationship; Mental health; Personality; PsycINFO; Social determinants of health; borderline personality disorder; dept.pch; education; income; social determinants of health; social support; socioeconomic status

Beyond algorithm aversion: The impact of psychological readiness on algorithmic advice - Kim, H. (Computers in Human Behavior, 2025)
Keywords: Advice (programming); Advice-taking; Algorithm appreciation; Algorithm aversion; Matching (statistics); Mindset; Openness to experience; Psychological readiness; Trust; Uncertainty; dept.mrk

Exploring the relationship between principal mentoring, teacher assessment, and principal engagement - Gantasala, Venugopal; Gantasala, Swapna; Hakouz, Abeer; Gantasala, Sai (Mentoring & Tutoring Partnership in Learning, 2025)
Keywords: Context effect; Perception; Principal (computer security); Principal component analysis; Principals’ mentoring; Statistical analysis; Student engagement; dept.bus; principals’ engagement; teacher assessment

From Theory to Practice: A Tiered Support Model for Increasing Preservice Teachers’ Use of Behavior Specific Praise - Hynes, Kristy; Gershwin, Tracy (Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 2025)
Keywords: Praise; Qualitative research; Work (physics); dept.sed

Ingested Plastic in the Great Northern Diver, the Common Loon (Gavia immer) - Hilling, Thomas P.; Reynolds, Hannah T.; Breslin, Vincent T.; Pokras, Mark A. (Northeastern Naturalist, 2025)
Plastic pollution and its impact on water-reliant avifauna is a global, pervasive issue. We evaluated necropsy data of Gavia immer (Common Loon) from freshwater and marine environments in the northeastern US from 2011 to 2022, and found 16.2% (106/654) had ingested plastic items (macroplastics). We examined Common Loons stranded from 2020 to 2022, quantified macroscopic plastic items in detail, and processed the ingesta for suspected microplastics. We found macroplastics in 20.7% (11/53) and suspected microplastic particles, predominately clear fibers, in 100% (37/37) of the Common Loons. While we found no evidence that sex, mass, or geography correlated with microplastic load, both macroplastics and suspected microplastics were widespread and prevalent in Common Loon ingesta in the northeastern US. © 2025 Humboldt Field Research Institute. All rights reserved.
Keywords: dept.egm

Athletic Training Services Trends Between Public and Private High Schools: A 5-Year Retrospective Analysis - Kim, Donghyeon; Defino, Amir; Eason, Christianne; Casa, Douglas; Yoo, Chaeyeon; Yoshihara, Ayami; Coleman, Kelly; Filep, Erica; Huggins, Robert (Journal of Athletic Training, 2025)
Context Access to athletic trainers (ATs) in high schools is crucial for student-athlete (SA) safety. Although most high schools in the United States have access to athletic training services (ATS), no authors have longitudinally compared ATS trends between public (PUB) and private (PVT) school sectors. Objective To compare ATS trends between PUB and PVT schools from the 2018–2019 through 2022–2023 academic years. Design Longitudinal cross-sectional study. Setting Online survey. Main Outcome Measure(s) High school responses to the Athletic Training Locations and Services survey from all 50 US states and the District of Columbia were queried from the 2018–2019 to 2022–2023 academic years. Average numbers of SAs ( SAs ), sports ( Sports ), full-time ATs ( FtATs ), part-time ATs ( PtATs ), and the sum of full-time and part-time ATs ( ATs ), along with the average weekly contracted hours ( CHrs ) and actual hours ( AHrs ) per school, and ratios of SAs : ATs , Sports : ATs , CHrs : SAs , CHrs : Sports , AHrs : SAs , and AHrs : Sports were examined to track ATS trends over 5 years and compare PUB vs PVT schools. Results Public schools had higher SAs and Sports vs PVT schools (both P < .001). Private schools had higher ATs , CHrs , and AHrs than PUB schools (all P < .050). Ratios of SAs : ATs and Sports : ATs were higher in PUB schools, whereas CHrs : SAs , AHrs : SAs , CHrs : Sports , and AHrs : Sports were higher in PVT schools (all P < .050). From 2018–2019 to 2022–2023, PUB schools increased Sports and Sports : ATs ; PVT schools increased SAs , Sports , ATs , and SAs : ATs (all P < .050). Over the years, PUB schools decreased CHrs : Sports and AHrs : Sports ; PVT decreased CHrs : SAs , AHrs : SAs , CHrs : Sports , and AHrs : Sports . FtATs increased in both sectors, whereas PtATs decreased in only PVT schools. Conclusions Overall, ATS were more extensively provided in PVT schools, based on ATs and ATS hours. Both sectors increased FtATs , which is encouraging. However, as SAs and Sports increased, ATS provided per SA and sport declined.
Keywords: Athletes; Athletic training; Context (archaeology); MEDLINE; Private sector; Training (meteorology); athletes; dept.hms; safety; sports; student health services

“Not Just on the Sideline”: A Phenomenological Study of Disability, Belonging, and Exclusion - Gackenheimer, Christopher; Garrison, Brianna (Children & Schools, 2025)
Keywords: Identity (music); Inclusion (mineral); Inclusion–exclusion principle; Interpretative phenomenological analysis; Mainstream; Mainstreaming; Psychology of self; Qualitative research; Special education; adolescents; belonging; dept.swk; disability; inclusion; special education

A systematic investigation of why P2P services are rated higher than traditional services - Unnava, Vasu; Singh, Amit Surendra; Unnava, H. Rao (Journal of Business Research, 2025)
Prior literature has reported a tendency for consumers to rate peer-to-peer (P2P) services more positively than the same services provided by traditional businesses (e.g. Airbnb vs. hotel). We first show that consumers experience greater empathy toward a P2P service provider (a person) than a traditional service provider (a business). We then show that P2P services enjoy higher evaluations because empathy for the provider leads consumers to tolerate minor negative elements in those settings as compared to traditional business settings. Further, we show that this effect is moderated by the perceived size of the business. The implications of this type of rating bias on traditional businesses and consumer welfare, and the limitations of this research, are discussed. © 2025 Elsevier Inc. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.
Keywords: Online-reviews; Peer-to-peer; Rating-bias; Willingness-to-tolerate; dept.mrk

Educational Programming to Prevent Violence in Schools in the United States: An Analysis of School Health Profiles - Gao, Chloe; Szlosek, Donald; Zhong, Anthony; Hadland, Scott; Benes, Sarah (The Journal of Pediatrics, 2025)
This repeated, cross-sectional study examined trends in the availability of school-based programming to prevent violence in middle and high schools across the United States from 2008 to 2020. Overall, violence prevention programming increased in respondent schools throughout the study period. However, important gaps remain, with lingering state-level disparities.
Keywords: Human factors and ergonomics; Injury prevention; Occupational safety and health; Poison control; Respondent; Suicide prevention; adolescent health; dept.hms; health education; school violence prevention; teacher training; youth violence prevention

Assistive Technology Multi-Tiered System of Supports (AT-MTSS): Improving AT Delivery - McMahon, Don; Tucker, Lauren (Journal of Special Education Technology, 2025)
Keywords: Assistive technology; CLARITY; Inclusion (mineral); Psychological intervention; Special education; Special needs; Universal Design for Learning; Variety (cybernetics); accessibility; assistive technology; dept.sed; multi-tiered systems of supports; special education teacher preparation; universal design for learning

Measurement of Two-Point Energy Correlators within Jets in p+p Collisions at sqrt[s]=200 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physical review letters, 2025)
Hard-scattered partons ejected from high-energy proton-proton collisions undergo parton shower and hadronization, resulting in collimated collections of particles that are clustered into jets. A substructure observable that highlights the transition between the perturbative and nonperturbative regimes of jet evolution in terms of the angle between two particles is the two-point energy correlator (EEC). In this Letter, the first measurement of the EEC at RHIC is presented, using data taken from 200 GeV p+p collisions by the STAR experiment. The EEC is measured both for all the pairs of particles in jets and separately for pairs with like and opposite electric charges. These measurements demonstrate that the transition between perturbative and nonperturbative effects occurs within an angular region that is consistent with expectations of a universal hadronization regime that scales with jet momentum for a given initiator flavor. Additionally, a deviation from Monte Carlo predictions at small angles in the charge-selected sample could result from mechanics of hadronization not fully captured by current models.
Keywords: Collimated light; Hadronization; Jet (fluid); Momentum (technical analysis); Monte Carlo method; Observable; Parton; Parton shower; Substructure; dept.phy

Pharmacotherapies for stimulant use disorder and co-occurring attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: protocol for a systematic review and a meta-analysis - Oliva, Henrique; Pulido-Saavedra, Alejandra; Paredes-Naveda, Alisson; Forselius, Emerson; Potenza, Marc; Jegede, Oluwole; Angarita, Gustavo (Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2025)
Background Stimulant use disorder (StUD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) frequently co-occur. This comorbidity complicates treatment and worsens clinical outcomes. Despite the high prevalence, shared vulnerability and clinical relevance of this comorbidity, evidence on effective pharmacotherapies among individuals with this dual diagnosis remains limited. Materials and methods This systematic review protocol is reported in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocols (PRISMA-P) statement and will include randomized controlled trials involving adults with comorbid StUD (cocaine, amphetamines, or methamphetamines) and ADHD. The following databases will be searched: PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Web of Science. Covidence will be used to support independent screening and data extraction. Two reviewers will independently screen studies (title/abstract and full text). One author will extract data, which will be independently verified by a second reviewer. Quality assessment of included articles will be assessed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias instrument, and certainty of the evidence for each outcome will be assessed using Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations (GRADE) methodology. Primary outcomes include duration of continuous abstinence, odds of stimulant-negative urine samples, ADHD symptom changes, and medication adverse events. Where feasible, meta-analyses will be conducted using random-effects models. Significance and dissemination This review will synthesize existing evidence on the efficacy of pharmacotherapies (stimulants and non-stimulants) for individuals with co-occurring StUD and ADHD. The results of this study will likely inform clinical practice by evaluating outcomes such as reduction in stimulant use and abstinence, and improvement in ADHD symptoms. Findings will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publication and presentations to reach both clinical and academic audiences. Systematic review registration PROSPERO, CRD420250655356.
Keywords: Alternative medicine; Atomoxetine; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Clinical psychology; Internal medicine; Medicine; Meta-analysis; Methylphenidate; Protocol (science); Psychiatry; Psychology; Stimulant; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; co-occurring disorder; cocaine; dept.psy; methamphetamine; stimulant use disorder

Freshwater salinization leads to sluggish, bloated frogs and small, cramped embryos but adaptive countergradient variation in eggs - Brady, Steven; Kang, Samantha; Wang, Z.; Layne, Craig; Calsbeek, Ryan (Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2025)
Keywords: Amphibian; Aquatic ecosystem; Biology; Cottus; Ecology; Ecosystem; Freshwater ecosystem; Habitat; Population; Salinity; Soil salinity; dept.bio

ANN-MFO: Optimization of Neural Networks for Lipase Activity Modeling in Biotech Applications - Sheta, Alaa; Elashmawi, Walaa H. (2025 Women in Bioinformatics Workshop, WIBI 2025, 2025)
Modeling lipase activity aids researchers in optimizing features such as temperature, pH, and substrate concentration to boost enzyme performance. This is essential in biotechnology for progressing the productivity and yield of processes such as fermentation, biodiesel production, and bioremediation. Fermentation is a highly complex, multivariable, and non-linear biotechnological process that produces bioactive materials. This study leverages artificial neural networks (ANN) to predict lipase activity in batch fermentation processes, addressing the inherent challenges in weight learning optimization often encountered with traditional algorithms like Backpropagation (BP). Several metaheuristic algorithms were employed to optimize the Multilayered Perceptron (MLP) structure and weights, including moth-frequency optimization (MFO), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Dandelion Optimizer Algorithm (DO), Crow Search Algorithm (CSA), and Salp Swarm Algorithm (SSA) to overcome these limitations. Among the tested algorithms, MFO emerged as the most effective approach, achieving superior performance in weight learning with the best fitness value (i.e., mean square error (MSE)) of 0.6006. MFO-optimized ANN models deliver the most accurate predictions for lipase activity, highlighting their potential as a powerful tool for advancing industrial fermentation process optimization. © 2025 IEEE.
Keywords: Artificial intelligence; Artificial neural network; Biochemical engineering; Biochemistry; Biology; Biotechnology; Box-Behnken; Chemistry; Computational biology; Computer science; Engineering; Enzyme; Lipase; Metaheuristics search algorithms; Moth-Flame Optimization Algorithm; Thermostable Lipase Enzyme; artificial neural networks; dept.csc

‘A small measure of fairness’: Black South Africans and the Courts, 1919–1938 - Eastman, Michael; Feinberg, Harvey (Journal of Southern African Studies, 2025)
Keywords: Computer science; Measure (data warehouse); Political science; Sociology; South Africa; administration of justice; appeals; courts; criminal justice; dept.his; judges; justice for Africans; magistrates; reviews

Intersectional feminist criminology: A critical companion to theory and research - Michalsen, Venezia (University of California Press, 2025)
This pathbreaking book brings to bear a sweeping body of contemporary intersectional feminist work to disrupt the entire discipline of criminology. Women have been largely absent from criminological theory, research, policy, and practice. This fresh, conversational book critiques the field's dominant theories by analyzing gendered patterns of perpetration and victimization and challenging traditional criminological perspectives on characteristics such as race and queerness. Designed as a rebuttal to conventional criminology textbooks, the book mirrors standard course content through an intersectional feminist lens, offering students a valuable opportunity to question the field's underpinnings and forge a new path to understanding the true meaning of justice. Organized in fourteen chapters, each chapter includes accessible learning aids for students: A review of how traditional criminology textbooks cover the topic. Critical perspectives on the topic. Critical thinking breaks. Intersectional Feminist Criminology is a timely intervention and companion to the curriculum that helps to imagine a new world and ultimately lays out a clear abolitionist vision as an alternative to the American criminal legal system. © 2025 by Venezia Michalsen. All rights reserved.
Keywords: dept.soc

Developing a Video Game Metadata Schema and Fillable Form Template for Accessible Interactive Media Cataloging in Public Libraries - Myers, Jason (Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 2025)
Keywords: Cataloging; Computer science; Information retrieval; Metadata; Multimedia; Schema (genetic algorithms); Video game; World Wide Web; cataloging interactive media; dept.ils; fillable forms; metadata schema; public libraries; video games

Rethinking Motivation and Reward Management: What We Know and Do not Know - Wang, Zheni (Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2025)
This innovative book examines the controversial relationship between motivation and rewards from multiple theoretical and practical perspectives. It analyzes cutting-edge research on work motivation and reward management's economic and psychological roots and identifies future directions for advancement in the field. © Zheni Wang 2025.
Keywords: Compensation And Benefits; Motivation At Work; Reward Management; Self-Regulations; Total Rewards; Work Engagement; dept.mgt

Onset of Constituent Quark Number Scaling in Heavy-Ion Collisions at RHIC - STAR Collaboration (Physical review letters, 2025)
Partonic collectivity is one of the necessary signatures for the formation of quark-gluon plasma in high-energy nuclear collisions. Number of constituent quarks (NCQ) scaling has been observed for hadron elliptic flow v_{2} in top energy nuclear collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and the LHC, and this has been theoretically suggested as strong evidence for partonic collectivity. In this Letter, a systematic analysis of v_{2} of π^{±}, K^{±}, K_{S}^{0}, p, and Λ in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=3.2, 3.5, 3.9, and 4.5 GeV, with the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, is presented. NCQ scaling is markedly violated at 3.2 GeV, consistent with a hadronic-interaction dominated equation of state. However, as the collision energy increases, a gradual evolution to NCQ scaling is observed. This beam-energy dependence of v_{2} for all hadrons studied provides evidence for the onset of dominant partonic interactions by sqrt[s_{NN}]=4.5  GeV.
Keywords: Heavy ion; Ion; Nuclear physics; Particle physics; Physics; Quark; Scaling; Scaling law; dept.phy

The fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora enters apple leaves through naturally occurring wounds from the abscission of trichomes - Millett, Felicia; Standish, James; Scanley, Jules; Miller, Katelyn; Inguagiato, John; Zuverza‐Mena, Nubia; Abril, Maritza; Robinson, Victoria; Li, Yan; Sundin, George; Zeng, Quan (The Plant Journal, 2025)
The plant epidermis is a single layer of cells covering all plant organs. How pathogens overcome this barrier and enter plants is an important aspect of plant-pathogen interactions. For bacterial plant pathogens, known entry points include natural openings, such as stomata, hydathodes, and mechanical injuries caused by insect feeding, wind damage, or hailstorms. Here, we report that the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora enters apple leaves through naturally occurring wounds caused by the abscission of trichomes during the course of leaf development. Through macroscopic and microscopic observations, we depicted a clear invasion path for E. amylovora cells, from epiphytic growth on glandular trichomes (GT) and non-glandular trichomes (NT) to entry through wounds caused by abscised trichomes, into the epithem, and subsequent spread through xylem. We further observed that GT and NT undergo an abscission process, and that the amount of naturally occurring wounds during abscission is associated with the increase in E. amylovora population. Key genes important for the colonization of GT and NT were identified. The contribution of the type III secretion system and amylovoran biosynthesis during GT colonization was validated. Our findings propose a novel host entry mechanism of plant pathogenic bacteria through naturally occurring wounds during the abscission of plant surface structures.
Keywords: Abscission; Blight; Colonization; Erwinia; Erwinia amylovora; Fire blight; Trichome; abscission; dept.phy; fire blight; host entry points; trichomes; type III secretion system

Centering Critical Engagement, Multimodal Learning, and Compassion through Language and Literacy - Mulcahy, Cara; Shaw, Louise (The Intersections of Critical Pedagogy, Critical Literacy, and Social Justice: Toward Empowerment, Equity, and Education for Liberation, 2024)
Keywords: dept.sed

Skolem Number of Kagome Lattice Graphs - Carrigan, Braxton; Martone, Max (Theory and Applications of Graphs, 2025)
A proper Skolem labelling of a graph G is a function assigning a positive integer to each vertex of G such that any two vertices assigned the same integer are that distance apart in the graph. The Skolem number of a graph is smallest number n such that there exists a proper Skolem labelling only using the positive integers less than or equal to n. In this paper, we will begin by proving the Skolem number for another family of subgraphs of the hexagonal lattice and then prove the Skolem number for two families of subgraphs of the Kagome Lattice. © 2025 Georgia Southern University. All rights reserved.
Keywords: dept.mat

Resisting multiple empires, cultivating transnational solidarity: a conversation among feminist-of-color scholar-activists - Li, Lin; Kazemi, Sona; Zheng, Wang; Lin, Yi-Chun Tricia (International Feminist Journal of Politics, 2025)
Keywords: China; Iran; Multiple empires; US feminism; dept.wgs; transnational solidarity

Molecular Dynamics Studies on the Inhibition of Cholinesterases by Secondary Metabolites - Gambardella, Michael; Wang, Yigui; Pang, Jiongdong (Catalysts, 2025)
The search for selective anticholinergic agents stems from varying cholinesterase levels as Alzheimer’s Disease progresses from the mid-to-late stage and from butyrylcholinesterase’s (BChE) role in β-amyloid plaque formation. While structure-based and pharmacophore-based virtual screening could search from large libraries in a short time, these methods do not consider dynamic features that result from a ligand’s inhibition of the enzyme and consequently may under- or overexaggerate enzyme selectivity of a given ligand. In this computational study, we probed the selectivity of representative secondary metabolite compounds against acetylcholinesterase and BChE through molecular dynamics simulations. The results were evaluated by analysis of the root mean squared deviation of ligand heavy atoms, the radius of gyration of each inhibited and uninhibited enzyme, root mean squared fluctuation of residues, intermolecular interaction energy, and linear interaction energy approximation of the Gibbs free energy of binding. These considerations further reveal the induced-fit characteristics contributing to ChE selectivity that are predominantly due to the greater flexibility of BChE’s active site gorge.
Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease; Chemistry; Gibbs free energy; acetylcholinesterase; butyrylcholinesterase; dept.che; linear interaction energy; molecular dynamics; secondary metabolites

Position Statements for Advocacy: Does Using Physical Activity as Punishment Make Students Leave Physical Education Wanting to Hide or Seek? - Paulson, Lisa; Knipe, Robert (Strategies, 2025)
This article explains how to use and apply the SHAPE America position statement “Physical Activity Should Not Be Used as Punishment and/or Behavior Management” in one’s own teaching and as an advocacy tool. © 2025 SHAPE America.
Keywords: dept.hms

Self-Monitoring to Reduce Student Distraction in Higher Education - Brahm, Meghan; Hynes, Kristy (College Teaching, 2025)
Keywords: Applied behavior analysis; Cognitive psychology; Distraction; Higher education; Mathematics education; Pedagogy; Political science; Psychology; Student engagement; classroom distraction; dept.sed; higher education; self-monitoring; student engagement

Masked-Speech Recognition and Self-Reported Functional Listening in Autistic Young Adults - Wasiuk, Peter; Cook, Barbara; Irwin, Julia (Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 2025)
Keywords: Active listening; Audiology; Autism; Cognitive psychology; Communication; Developmental psychology; Medicine; Perception; Psychology; Speech perception; dept.cmd; dept.psy

Adopting Critical Cataloging Practices Post Diversity Audit: Connecting the Community to Your Collection - Anderson, Jessica K.; Liu, Yan Quan (Library Resources & Technical Services, 2025)
To increase patrons’ ability to find resources, it is imperative to investigate barriers and biases in thedescriptive catalog data for inclusive collection management and development standards. This studyused a specially designed descriptive approach to gather quantitative data from 101 public librariansin Connecticut via a Qualtrics survey to identify the key variables that influence the successfulenhancement of online public access catalog (OPAC) metadata after a diversity audit of the librarymaterials. The results revealed factors that promote or impede the integration of inclusive catalogingthat reflects the diversity of the community: (1) appreciating the benefits of audit methods that arefocused on bibliographic records, (2) recognizing the need for buy-in and participation from theentire organization, and (3) stressing the useful integration of institutional and community feedbackto improve the collection’s accessibility and representation. The findings provide practical adviceto public libraries that want to satisfy the diverse demands of their user base by integrating criticalcataloging frameworks into their diversity and inclusion objectives.
Keywords: SCSU-student; dept.ils

Effect of binder concentration on ternary MnO2/CuS/reduced graphene oxide material for supercapacitor applications - Chaudhary, Manika; Oyelola, Lekan; Glidden, Thomas; Broadbridge, C.; LeMaire, Peter; Sharma, Rakesh; Singh, Vinamrita; Sahi, Vikhyat; Singhal, Rahúl (Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 2025)
Keywords: Capacitance; Chemical engineering; Chemistry; Electrochemistry; Electrode; Energy storage; Graphene; Inorganic chemistry; Materials science; Metallurgy; Nanotechnology; Oxide; Physical chemistry; Supercapacitor; Synthesis; Ternary operation; Thermodynamics; X-ray diffraction; dept.phy

Professional involvement - Foss-Kelly, Louisa L.; Moorhead, Holly Hartwig (A Guide to Graduate Programs in Counseling: Second Edition, 2025)
Entering a counselor education program is just the first step in becoming a Professional Counselor, which includes developing a solid Professional Counselor identity and a plan for a fulfilling career. In this chapter, the authors provide a step-by-step plan for understanding key elements of becoming a Professional Counselor, beginning to work as a Professional Counselor, and contributing to the counseling profession. These activities include professional involvement, service, and scholarship as well as other meaningful pursuits for building one's successful career. The authors present a professional involvement pyramid to illustrate how Counselors can engage in professional identity development from graduate school throughout their careers. © Oxford University Press 2025. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Counseling; Counselor education; Professional Counselor; Professional Counselor identity; Professional development; Professional service; dept.csp

Imposed Form in the Early Acheulean? Evidence from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia - Stout, Dietrich; Liu, Cheng; Muller, Antoine; Rogers, Michael; Semaw, Sileshi (Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2025)
Keywords: Acheulean; Ancient history; Anthropology; Archaeology; Early Stone Age; Ethnology; Geography; Handaxe; History; Large cutting tool; Lithic technology; Pick; Pleistocene; Shaping; Sociology; dept.ant

Developing online considerations for the IASWG standards on Social Work with Groups: a tribute to Charles Garvin - Macgowan, Mark; Gardella, Lorrie; Simon, Shirley; Prinsloo, Reineth; van Baar, Huub; Seck, Mamadou; Astray, Andrés; Cañizares, Catalina; Muskat, Barbara (Social Work With Groups, 2025)
Keywords: Charles D. Garvin; Criminology; Engineering; Environmental ethics; IASWG standards for social work practice with groups; Law; Philosophy; Political science; Psychoanalysis; Psychology; Social work; Sociology; Tribute; Work (physics); dept.swk; group work; internationalization; online practice; social work with groups; translation; virtual practice

Adolescent Concern for Body Weight and Engagement in Unhealthy Weight Control Behaviors - McCoy, Stephanie; Bryan, Jessica; Rupp, Kristie (American Journal of Health Promotion, 2025)
Keywords: Binge eating; Body mass index; Body weight; Clinical psychology; Demography; Disordered eating; Eating disorders; Environmental health; Gerontology; Internal medicine; Logistic regression; Medicine; Obesity; Odds; Odds ratio; Pill; dept.hms; eating behaviors; obesity; psychosocial health

Examining effective parenting approaches to promote healthy technology use in children: a systematic review - Gagliardi, Jeffrey; O’Brien, Kyle (Journal of Family Social Work, 2025)
Keywords: Clinical psychology; Developmental psychology; Digital literacy; Psychology; dept.rec; parenting strategies; screen time; technology addiction; technology use

Is Your Physical Education Adapted or Adaptive? - Laughlin, Michael K. (Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 2025)
For decades, adapted physical education advocates have passionately engaged in a debate over two adjectives: adapted vs. adaptive. This article explores the reasons why one is preferred over the other and why it matters, especially to students with disabilities. © 2025 SHAPE America.
Keywords: dept.hms

Medical image analysis for brain tumor classification using CNN architecture - Sheta, Alaa; Elashmawi, Walaa H.; Karim Baareh, Abdel; Rausch, Peter; Othman, Emad S. (Proceeding - 12th International Conference on Information Technology: Innovation Technologies, ICIT 2025, 2025)
Traditional brain tumor diagnosis and classification are time-consuming and heavily reliant on radiologist expertise. The ever-growing patient population generates vast data, rendering existing methods expensive and inefficient. Deep Learning (DL) is a promising approach for developing automated systems to diagnose or segment brain tumors with high accuracy in less time. Within Deep Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) are potent tools for image classification tasks. This is achieved through a series of specialized layers, including convolution layers that identify patterns within images, pooling layers that summarize these patterns, fully connected layers that ultimately classify the image, and a feedforward layer to produce the output class. This study employed a CNN to classify brain tumors in T1-weighted contrast-enhanced images with various image resolutions, including 30×30, 50×50, 70×70, 100×100, and 150×150 pixels. The model successfully distinguished between three tumor types: glioma, meningioma, and pituitary. The CNN's impressive accuracy on training data reached up to 86.38% for image resolution (30×30) and 94.64% for higher resolution (150×150). This indicates its potential as a valuable tool in real-world brain tumor classification tasks. © 2025 IEEE.
Keywords: Brain Tumor; Brain tumor; Classification; Contextual image classification; Convolutional Neural Networks; Convolutional neural network; Deep learning; MRI; Pattern recognition (psychology); Pooling; Population; Rendering (computer graphics); dept.csc

On Tight 6-Cycle Decompositions of Complete 3-Uniform Multi-Hypergraphs - Bandell, Jessica A.; Bunge, Ryan C.; Darrow, Brian D.; El-Zanati, Saad I.; Mountain, Claire E.; Neiburger, Levi (Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics, 2025)
The λ-fold complete 3-uniform hypergraph on v vertices has the edge multiset consisting of λ copies of each 3-element subset of its vertex set. A tight 6-cycle, denoted TC6, is a hypergraph with vertex set {a,b,c,d,e,f} and edge set {{a,b,c},{b,c,d},{c,d,e},{d,e,f},{e,f,a},{f,a,b}}. We give necessary and sufficient conditions on v for the existence of a TC6-decomposition of the λ-fold complete 3-uniform hypergraph on v vertices for any positive integer λ. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.
Keywords: 3-uniform; Combinatorics; Computer science; Decomposition; Hypergraph; Mathematics; Multi-hypergraph; dept.mat

Understand the Changes in Motivation at Work: Empirical Studies Using Self-Determination Theory-Based Interventions - Wang, Zheni; Briand, Mélanie (Behavioral Sciences, 2025)
Managers often need to stay motivated and effectively motivate others. Therefore, they should rely on evidence-based interventions to effectively motivate and self-motivate. This research investigated how self-determination theory-based interventions affect employees' motivation dynamics and motivational consequences within short time frames (i.e., within an hour, within a few weeks or months) in two empirical studies. Study one focused on assessing the effectiveness of a one-day training workshop in helping to improve managers' work motivation, basic psychological needs satisfaction/frustration, subordinates' motivation, and perceptions of managers' needs-supportive/thwarting behaviors within a few weeks. Results support the effectiveness of the training, as managers were rated by their direct subordinates as having fewer needs-thwarting behaviors and reported self-improvement in needs satisfaction and frustration six weeks after completing the training program. Study two used the mean and covariance structure analysis and tested the impact of three types of basic psychological needs-supportive/thwarting and control conditions (3 × 2 × 1 factorial design) on participants' situational motivation, vitality, and general self-efficacy for playing online word games within 30 min. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) confirmed the scalar measurement invariance, then latent group mean comparison results show consistently lower controlled motivation across the experimental conditions. During a quick online working scenario, the theory-based momentary intervention effectively changed situational extrinsic self-regulation in participants. Supplementary structural equation modeling (SEM; cross-sectional) analyses using experience samples supported the indirect dual-path model from basic needs satisfaction to vitality and general efficacy via situational motivation. We discussed the theoretical implications of the temporal properties of work motivation, the practical implications for employee training, and the limitations.
Keywords: Applied psychology; Autonomy; Computer science; Confirmatory factor analysis; Psychological intervention; Psychology; Self-determination theory; Situational ethics; Social psychology; Structural equation modeling; Work (physics); Work motivation; dept.mgt; employee training and development; motivation change; self-determination theory; theory-based interventions

Polish and Indian teachers’ self-efficacy and attitudes towards inclusion of children and youth with disabilities in regular classrooms - Ćwirynkało, Katarzyna; Parchomiuk, Monika; Gregory, Jess; Ravi, Sunitha; Krishnamurthy, Sita (International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2025)
Keywords: Developmental psychology; Inclusion (mineral); Mainstreaming; Mathematics education; Pedagogy; Psychology; Self-efficacy; Social psychology; Sociology; Special education; Teachers; attitudes towards inclusion; dept.edl; inclusion; self-efficacy; students with disabilities

Living well in extended reality: Training phronesis and Socratic humility in XR - Gabriels, Katleen; Volkman, Richard (Journal of Moral Education, 2025)
Practical wisdom is the intellectual virtue relating to the ability to fix ends and discern in a concrete circumstance how to achieve those ends. It is cultivated through engagement with experience rather than book learning. However, a whole matrix of convergent technologies, such as headsets, haptic suits, AI-driven chatbots, and extended realities, such as augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), creates new conditions for training practical wisdom. How can moral educators facilitate practical wisdom in this extended reality (XR)? Drawing on Nussbaum’s account of phronesis, we contend the job of moral education in XR is mostly about ensuring students’ critical engagement. We suggest AI assistants can contribute to this task, so long as these technologies and the people using them manifest Socratic humility ensuring that no single interaction serves as an ‘oracle of truth’, leaving critical thinking and judgment firmly in the hands of the student.
Keywords: Environmental ethics; Epistemology; Extended reality; Humility; Hypocrisy; Pedagogy; Philosophy; Phronesis; Psychology; Social psychology; Sociology; Socratic humility; Socratic method; Theology; Training (meteorology); convergence; dept.phi; phronesis

Factors Contributing to Increased Mental Health Symptoms and Suicidality Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth: A Scoping Review of Quantitative Research - Lopes, Daniela (Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 2025)
Keywords: Anxiety; Clinical psychology; Depression (economics); Medicine; Mental health; Poison control; Psychiatry; Psychological intervention; Psychology; Psychosocial; Sexual minority; Sexual orientation; Suicidal ideation; Suicide prevention; dept.nur

Self-Concept Among Formerly Incarcerated Sexual Minority Women - Stone, Al; Smoyer, Amy; D’Angelo, Karen (Social Sciences, 2025)
Sexual minority women (SMW) are a resilient yet vulnerable population who may experience poor psychosocial outcomes due to minority stress associated with their marginalized status and traumatic experiences resulting from interpersonal and structural violence. When SMW are incarcerated, the trauma of this experience can exacerbate existing mental health challenges. Self-concept is a key measure of mental health that is associated with increased self-efficacy and positive psychosocial outcomes. This analysis explores the ways in which incarceration impacts the self-concept of SMW. Secondary data analysis of three qualitative interviews with formerly incarcerated SMW was conducted. Specifically, Gilligan’s Listening Guide was used to create “I poems” that articulate the participants’ narratives and contrapuntal voices. These poems were then analyzed to build knowledge about participants’ self-concept. This analysis informs our understandings of self-concept among SMW, violence against women, the vulnerability of binary constructs, and the ways in which people negotiate past, present and future selves. The findings can inform interventions that seek to mitigate the psychosocial risks faced by SMW and formerly incarcerated people and improve outcomes for these populations.
Keywords: Clinical psychology; Developmental psychology; LGBT; Listening Guide; Psychology; Sexual minority; Sexual orientation; Social psychology; dept.swk; incarceration; lesbian; qualitative; self-concept; sexual minority women; transgender

Generational Differences in Nursing Students' Perceptions of Faculty Caring Behaviors and Presence in Online Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing Programs. - Macario, Kimberly Cardaci (International Journal for Human Caring, 2025)
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to explore how students of different generations perceived presence and caring behaviors by faculty in online Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs. Results showed that millennials reported statistically significant higher perceptions of social presence when compared with nonmillennials. Although generation was not a predictor of caring, all presence subscales were positively and significantly correlated with the total caring score. Teaching presence was a significant predictor of students' perceptions of caring in online courses.
Keywords: Adult; Adult: 19-44 years; Age Factors; Caring Evaluation; Colleges and Universities; Conceptual Framework; Convenience Sample; Correlational Studies; Descriptive Research; Descriptive Statistics; Education, Non-Traditional; Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; Educational Measurement; Exploratory Research; Faculty, Nursing; Faculty-Student Relations; Human; Intergenerational Relations; Learning Environment; Middle Age; Middle Aged: 45-64 years; Nursing Practice, Evidence-Based; Presence; Professional-Patient Relations; Program Evaluation; Quantitative Studies; Questionnaires; Registered Nurses Psychosocial Factors; Regression; Social Behavior Evaluation; Statistical Significance; Student Attitudes Evaluation; Students, Nursing Psychosocial Factors; Summated Rating Scaling; Teaching Methods; United States; dept.nur

A New Version of the Golden Eagle Optimizer Algorithm And Its Application For Solving A Trio-Objective Skillful Team Formation Problem In A Social Network - Elashmawi, Walaa; Sheta, Alaa; Alqadi, Basma; AbdElminaam, Diaa; Alsekait, Deema (Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing Research, 2025)
Abstract Metaheuristic methods have demonstrated their utility in tackling global optimization problems with and without constraints. However, existing state-of-the-art (SOTA) algorithms often suffer from limitations such as premature convergence, inefficient exploration-exploitation balance, and poor adaptability to complex discrete optimization problems like Team Formation (TF). The Golden Eagle Optimizer (GEO) algorithm is a promising metaheuristic that addresses some of these challenges by effectively managing its hunting spiral motion using two control parameters: cruise (exploration) and attack (exploitation). Despite its strengths, the standard GEO algorithm requires modifications to handle the discrete and multi-objective nature of the TF problem effectively. This paper proposes an amended version of GEO, called AGEO, which integrates specialized operators to enhance its performance in TF scenarios. A skillful TF aims to form teams of experts with complementary skills in social networks (SN) while optimizing multiple objectives, including minimizing communication costs, maximizing the similarity score between team members, and achieving minimal team cardinality. AGEO preserves GEO’s powerful exploitation and exploration mechanisms while introducing tailored operator strategies to overcome the challenges inherent in TF. The AGEO undergoes testing on several well-established benchmark datasets, including Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), Internet Movie Database (IMDB), Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and Database Systems & Logic Programming (DBLP). Additionally, a comparative study against SOTA metaheuristic algorithms such as Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Butterfly Optimization Algorithm (BOA), Crow Search Algorithm (CSA), and Jaya Algorithm demonstrates AGEO’s superior performance in forming highly optimized teams with the least communication cost, lowest team cardinality, and highest similarity score.
Keywords: Adaptability; Algorithm; Artificial intelligence; Benchmark (surveying); Computer science; Machine learning; Mathematical optimization; Mathematics; Metaheuristic; Particle swarm optimization; dept.csc

An Exergames Program for Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes: Qualitative Study of Acceptability - Mak, Selene S.; Nally, Laura M.; Montoya, Juanita; Marrero, Rebecca; DeJonckheere, Melissa; Joiner, Kevin L.; Nam, Soohyun; Ash, Garrett I. (JMIR Diabetes, 2025)
Background: Numerous barriers to moderate to vigorous physical activity exist for youths with type 1 diabetes (T1D). The virtual exercise games for youth with T1D (ExerT1D) intervention implement synchronous support of moderate to vigorous physical activity including T1D peers and role models. Objective: This study aims to understand the acceptability of this intervention to participants. Methods: We conducted postprogram, semistructured, televideo interviews with participating youths to elicit perspectives on the acceptability of the intervention and experience with the program. Two coders independently reviewed and analyzed each transcript using a coding scheme developed inductively by senior researchers. Discrepancies were resolved by team discussion, and multiple codes were grouped together to produce 4 main thematic areas. Results: All 15 participants provided interviews (aged 14-19 years; 2 nonbinary, 6 females; median hemoglobin A1c level of 7.8% (IQR 7.4%-11.2%), 5 with a hemoglobin A1c level of ≥10%). Qualitative data revealed four themes: (1) motivation to engage in physical activity (PA)—improving their physical capabilities and stabilizing glucose levels were cited as motivation for PA and challenges of living with T1D were cited as PA barriers; (2) experience with and motivation to manage diabetes while engaging in PA—participants provided details of accommodating the inherent uncertainty or limitations of PA with diabetes and sometimes preparing for PA involved psychological and motivational adjustments while some relayed feelings of avoidance; (3) peer support encouraged engagement with the intervention—participants appreciated the peer aspects of components of ExerT1D and participants’ reflections of the facilitated group experience highlight many benefits of a small-group virtual program; and (4) improvements in PA and diabetes self-management efficacy—all participants credited the program with improving or at least raising awareness of T1D management skills. Conclusions: Our virtual PA intervention using an active video game and discussion component provided adolescents with T1D the confidence and peer support to engage in PA, improved awareness of diabetes-specific tasks to prepare for exercise, and improved understanding of the effect of PA on glucose levels. Engaging youths with a virtual video game intervention is a viable approach to overcome barriers to PA for adolescents with T1D. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05163912; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05163912
Keywords: Computer science; Diabetes mellitus; Medicine; Preprint; Psychology; Qualitative research; Sociology; Type 2 diabetes; World Wide Web; dept.hms; peer-reviewed

WIC Participation During Pregnancy and Low and Very Low Birth Weight by Race and Ethnicity - Sawadogo, Wendemi; McGuire, Neil; Evans, Marian; Tangbe, Praise (Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2025)
Keywords: Anthropology; Biology; Ethnic group; Gender studies; Low birth weight; Medicine; Obstetrics; Pregnancy; Race (biology); Sociology; WIC; dept.pch; low birth weight; peer-reviewed; pregnancy; race and ethnicity; very low birth weight

Photon counting in stellar intensity interferometry: current status and future prospects - Horch, Elliott P. (Advanced Photon Counting Techniques XIX, 2025)
Intensity interferometry, also known as the Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect, has seen significant interest in astronomy in recent years. The method involves recording timing correlations between photons received at two or more telescopes in order to derive extremely high spatial resolution information about an astronomical object, potentially including imaging stellar surfaces and other objects at unprecedented scales. This paper will briefly review the technique, discuss the performance characteristics of the of photon counters used in modern intensity interferometers, and describe opportunities for the future. As an example of photon counting with a working instrument, observing experiences with the Southern Connecticut Stellar Interferometer (SCSI), a three-station instrument using single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) detectors, will be described. The recent lessons learned with this and other instruments in use today give a clear picture of the next steps needed to upgrade efficiency and successfully observe fainter objects. If successful, these improvements would provide a strong argument for creating situations where intensity interferometers can have baselines of one to several kilometers, which would unlock the spatial detail needed to address several exciting astrophysical questions.
Keywords: Astronomy; Current (fluid); Intensity (physics); Interferometry; Optics; Photon; Photon counting; Physics; dept.phy

Digitization Practices in U.S. Urban Libraries: Tools, Technologies, and Metadata Standards - Torres, Natalia; Liu, Yan (Public Library Quarterly, 2025)
Keywords: Business; Computer science; Cultural heritage preservation; Data science; Digitization; Engineering; Library science; Metadata; SCSU-student; Telecommunications; World Wide Web; dept.ils; digital collections; digitization practices; online accessibility; urban libraries

Seeking Transcendence: The Quest for Spirituality in an Age of Detachment - Manzella, Joseph C. (Routledge, 2025)
Seeking Transcendence examines the various paths taken by those who have detached themselves from their traditional, institutional religious roots but are seeking non-traditional paths to spiritual experiences. Called the “nones” or "non-affiliated" in popular mass media, these include a significant number of Western folks who maintain a belief in God or at least consider themselves “spiritual but not religious”. Each chapter of the book explores these trends with a specific theme, as well as a case study based on the author’s ethnographic observation of alternative spiritual communities and practices in North America and Western Europe. Ultimately, this book shows how contemporary alternatives to traditional institutional religion appeal to nones, presenting the relevance of new religious movements and more secular spiritual paths to transcendence.
Keywords: Philosophy; Psychoanalysis; Psychology; Theology; Transcendence (philosophy); dept.ant

Are charitable gifts truly appreciated by the recipients who requested them? Impact of gift type and amount on recipients’ appreciation - Kang, In-Hye; Kim, Hyoseok (Journal of Business Research, 2025)
• For requested gifts during rite-of-passage occasions, appreciation for charitable vs. recipient-benefiting gifts depends on gift amount. • For low gift amounts, recipients appreciate charitable gifts more than recipient-benefiting gifts. • For moderate to high gift amounts, appreciation is similar between charitable and recipient-benefiting gifts. • In distant (vs. close) giver-recipient relationships, the effect of gift type on appreciation for low amounts is attenuated. • When gifts are not requested, recipients appreciate charitable gifts less than recipient-benefiting gifts. Requests for charitable cash gifts during rite-of-passage occasions (e.g., weddings) are becoming increasingly common. This research examines whether recipients’ appreciation differs depending on whether a requested cash gift is charitable (e.g., donating to support people in need) or recipient-benefiting (e.g., renovating the recipient’s kitchen). Across five studies, we find that the effect of the gift type on appreciation is moderated by the gift amount. For low amounts, recipients appreciate charitable gifts more than recipient-benefiting gifts. However, for moderate and high amounts, appreciation is similar across gift types. This effect is mediated by the recipients’ perception of whether the gift amount meets their expectations and their subsequent perception of thoughtfulness. Consistent with our mechanism, in distant giver-recipient relationships, the effect of the gift type on appreciation for low amounts is attenuated. When gifts are not requested, recipients appreciate charitable gifts less than recipient-benefiting gifts.
Keywords: Advertising; Business; Charitable gifts; Charitable giving; Conflict of interest; Donation; Economic growth; Economics; Finance; Gift appreciation; Gift giving; Gift price; Gift-giving; Marketing; Psychology; Social psychology; dept.mrk; peer-reviewed

Health Information Access Behaviors by Sexual Orientation: A Secondary Data Analysis of the National Health Interview Survey - Gagnon, Kelly; Corey, Stephanie; Gordon, Jacob; Risisky, Deb; Coulter, Robert (Journal of Homosexuality, 2025)
Sexual minority (SM) adults are at increased risk for adverse health outcomes and face unique barriers to engagement and retention in healthcare, including stigma and discrimination. Given known barriers to care, SM adults may prefer online platforms due to limited access to in-person clinical care and fear of discrimination. To date, there is limited knowledge of these behaviors among subgroups of SM adults. This study was a cross-sectional, secondary data analysis of the United States National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Adult Sample Data Set, 2018. Utilizing descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic regressions, we found that bisexual females had significantly greater odds (AOR = 1.58, CI: 1.04-2.39) of seeking health information online compared to straight females. Similarly, when compared to their straight male counterparts, gay males had significantly higher odds of seeking health information online in the past 12 months (AOR = 2.96, 95% CI: 2.00-4.37). These findings indicate the need for targeting messaging and interventions to address the health concerns of these populations. It also suggests that virtual platforms are viable and perhaps preferred for these subgroups of SM adults. Through continued efforts and research, the field can target relevant health information to populations who need it most by leveraging where they seek it.
Keywords: Environmental health; Health Information National Trends Survey; Health care; Health information; Homosexuality; Medicine; National Health Interview Survey; Orientation (vector space); Political science; Psychology; Reproductive health; Sexual behavior; Sexual minority; Sexual minority health; Sexual orientation; Social psychology; Survey data collection; bisexual women; dept.pch; gay men; health information access; healthcare utilization; online health information; peer-reviewed; public health

Mothers who use opioids and are involved in the criminal justice system: A transformative justice approach - Boeri, Miriam; Lamonica, Aukje; Smith, Sierra (Human Organization, 2025)
Keywords: Criminal justice; Criminology; Developmental psychology; Economic Justice; Law; Political science; Psychology; Restorative justice; Sociology; Theory of criminal justice; Transformative learning; dept.pch; mothers; opioids; recovery; relapse

Bitcoin return dynamics volatility and time series forecasting - Anand, Punit; Sharan, Anand Mohan (International Journal of Financial Studies, 2025)
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency returns show higher volatility than equity, bond, and other asset classes. Increasingly, researchers rely on machine learning techniques to forecast returns, where different machine learning algorithms reduce the forecasting errors in a high-volatility regime. We show that conventional time series modeling using ARMA and ARMA GARCH run on a rolling basis produces better or comparable forecasting errors than those that machine learning techniques produce. The key to achieving a good forecast is to fit the correct AR and MA orders for each window. When we optimize the correct AR and MA orders for each window using ARMA, we achieve an MAE of 0.024 and an RMSE of 0.037. The RMSE is approximately 11.27% better, and the MAE is 10.7% better compared to those in the literature and is similar to or better than those of the machine learning techniques. The ARMA-GARCH model also has an MAE and an RMSE which are similar to those of ARMA.
Keywords: ARMA; ARMA-GARCH; Econometrics; Economics; Financial economics; MAE; Mathematics; RMSE; Series (stratigraphy); Statistics; Time series; Volatility (finance); bitcoin; dept.fin; time series

Glacial and postglacial interpretation of Late Paleozoic sedimentation in a tectonically active mountain front in Paganzo Basin, Argentina - Colombi, Carina; Alonso-Muruaga, Pablo; Kusick, Allison; Isbell, John; Fedorchuk, Nicholas; Alarcón, Carlos; Limarino, Carlos (Journal of Palaeogeography, 2025)
The Guandacol Formation corresponds to glacial episode 4 of the "Late Paleozoic Ice Age" in western Gondwana. It represents the final glaciation of westernmost Gondwana and the beginning of deglaciation that swept across the supercontinent throughout the rest of the Paleozoic. A succession of transitional sedimentary facies associations characterizes the eastern outcrops of the Guandacol Formation. These facies associations are interlayered with several deposits of mass-transport complexes (MTC) and present the occasional opportunity to conduct a deep-time analysis of the effect of tectonism in what is interpreted to be glacially-influenced deposits. Six sedimentary facies associations were recognized in the lower part of the Guandacol Formation. Facies association 1 (interbedded diamictites, sandstones, and mudstones) overlies MTC 1 and is interpreted as sedimentation into a marine glacially-influenced outwash fan. Facies association 2 (ponded interbedded sandstones, mudstones, and diamictites) was deposited as subaqueous underflows/turbidites and debris flows covering the irregular paleotopography of MTC 2. Facies association 3 (white medium- to coarse-grained sandstones and conglomerates) represents a small deltaic system. Facies association 4 (rhythmites with dropstones and sandstones) was deposited in a partially ponded water body resulting from the collapse and paleotopography of MTC 3. Facies association 5 (coarsening-upward cycles of mudstones and sandstones) was deposited in prodelta to delta front environments. Finally, facies association 6 (conglomerates, sandstones, and mudstones) corresponds to the subaerial deltaic platform. The evolution of depositional environments suggests three glacially-linked stages: Stage 1 — Initial retreat of the nearby ice masses (facies association 1); Stage 2 — Further retreat of glaciers and the progressive decoupling between ice masses and sea (facies associations 2 and 3); and Stage 3 — Postglacial sedimentation dominated by deltaic progradation during highstand conditions (facies associations 4 to 6). The importance of the paleogeographic context is emphasized in which the tectonism triggered recurrent events of MTC that continually modified the topography and sedimentary patterns, interrupting and complicating the stratigraphy of the interpreted glacial and postglacial sedimentation.
Keywords: Diamictites; Front (military); Geology; Geomorphology; Glacial period; Mass transport complex; Oceanography; Paleontology; Paleozoic; Postglacial sedimentation; Sediment; Sedimentation; Structural basin; Tectonism; dept.esc; peer-reviewed

Generalist CEOs and operational efficiency - Chung, Hanyong (Finance research letters, 2025)
Keywords: Accounting; Board of directors; Business; Economics; Firm size; Generalist CEO; Generalist and specialist species; Operational efficiency; dept.acc; peer-reviewed

President Nixon and Senator Kennedy on Health Care: How Rivalry Shaped Reform - Hopper, Jennifer (Congress & the Presidency, 2025)
Keywords: Economics; Health care; Health care reform; Health policy; Law; Law and economics; Political science; Public administration; Rivalry; Sociology; dept.psc; peer-reviewed

Positive Mood and the Perception of Variability Within and Between Groups - Stroessner, Steven J.; Mackie, Diane M.; Michalsen, Venezia (Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 2005)
Three experiments investigated the effects of positive mood on perceptions of variability within and between groups. Participants formed impressions of two different and highly variable groups under a neutral or positive mood. When participants expected to learn about both groups, positive mood increased perceived intergroup similarity but did not affect perceived intragroup variability. In contrast, when participants expected to learn about only one group, judgments of intergroup and intragroup similarity were both affected by mood. Mood and the intergroup context influenced the nature and degree of information processing and resultant judgments of variability in social groups.
Keywords: dept.soc; peer-reviewed

Not All Women Are Mothers: Addressing the Invisibility of Women Under the Control of the Criminal Justice System Who Do Not Have Children - Michalsen, Venezia; Flavin, Jeanne (The Prison Journal, 2014)
Research has consistently shown that most women under the control of the criminal justice system are mothers. The robustness of this finding has been accompanied by a failure to consider the characteristics and needs of women without children. In this study, we examine data on 1,334 formerly incarcerated women. Findings indicate that while mothers and non-mothers share some characteristics, they differ on several others, most notably demographic profile, mental health, and timing of contacts with the criminal justice system. These results suggest a need to recognize the diversity among women offender groups, particularly when developing policies and programs need.
Keywords: dept.soc; peer-reviewed

More than Visiting Hours: Maintaining Ties Between Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children - Michalsen, Venezia; Flavin, Jeanne; Krupat, Tanya (Sociology Compass, 2010)
The majority of people in America’s prisons are the parents of minor children. Incarcerated mothers, in particular, were likely to have been a part of their children’s lives before their imprisonment, and most will soon be returning to the community and to their children. Research has shown that it is in the best interests of the mothers and the children to maintain a relationship across the prison bars. In this article, we use the example of New York State to show how institutional policies and structures can impede or encourage efforts to maintain ties between women and their children and why demonstrating support for family ties must extend well beyond having visiting hours.
Keywords: dept.soc; peer-reviewed

Abolitionist Feminism as Prisons Close: Fighting the Racist and Misogynist Surveillance “Child Welfare” System - Michalsen, Venezia (The Prison Journal, 2019)
The global prison industrial complex was built on Black and brown women’s bodies. This economy will not voluntarily loosen its hold on the bodies that feed it. White carceral feminists traditionally encourage State punishment, while anti-carceral, intersectional feminism recognizes that it empowers an ineffective and racist system. In fact, it is built on the criminalization of women’s survival strategies, creating a “victimization to prison pipeline.” But prisons are not the root of the problem; rather, they are a manifestation of the over-policing of Black women’s bodies, poverty, and motherhood. Such State surveillance will continue unless we disrupt these powerful systems both inside and outside prisons.
Keywords: dept.soc; peer-reviewed

A Cell of One’s Own? Incarceration and Other Turning Points in Women’s Journeys to Desistance - Michalsen, Venezia (International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 2019)
Research has shown the importance of turning points in desistance from criminal behavior. Using qualitative data from a sample of 100 formerly incarcerated mothers interviewed about their criminal behavior, this article explores their descriptions of transition moments and whether and how those moments affected their criminal behavior. The findings indicate that whereas parenting emerges as a turning point, the practical difficulties of reentry may reduce the impact of mothering on women’s desistance. More self-focused turning points, such as those due to incarceration, arrest, and sobriety appeared to be particularly important to the women’s desistance. This article emphasizes the need for research into the subjective and environmental factors that affect women’s desistance behaviors.
Keywords: dept.soc; peer-reviewed

Moral Disengagement, Machiavellianism and Academic Dishonesty - Prince, Melvin; Wang, J.; Priporas, Constantinos‐Vasilios (Journal of Academic Ethics, 2025)
Keywords: Academic Dishonesty; Academic dishonesty; Big Five personality traits; Cheating; Deviance; Dishonesty; Educational Research; Machiavellianism; Machiavellianism, Social Cognitive Theory; Moral Development; Moral Disengagement; Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics; Moral Psychology; Moral disengagement; Morality; Personality; Psychology; Social psychology; Students; dept.mrk; peer-reviewed

Gender congruence and entrepreneurial investments: the role of others’ reactions - Wieland, Alice (International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, 2025)
The purpose of this research is to explore the decision processes that underlie the gender gap in entrepreneurial investments. The present research explores how gender congruence with a sex-typed business opportunity influences anticipated reactions from others who may provide or withhold support and resources, how these affect the assessed probability of venture success and the amount the entrepreneur is willing to invest (WTI) in the opportunity.,A theoretical model is presented and empirically tested via path analysis. A pilot and an experimental study model explore how gender congruence influences entrepreneurial investment decisions. The experimental study uses a repeated measures design examining the experimental effects two sex-typed business opportunities crossed with participant gender (gender congruence) on anticipated others’ reactions, assessed probability of venture success and investment amount (WTI).,Gender congruence of a business opportunity influences anticipated others’ reactions, whether they will be supportive or not, of pursuing the opportunity. This in turn influences the estimated probability of success of the venture and the amount the prospective entrepreneur is willing to invest in it. These socio-cognitive decision processes reinforce the gender gap in entrepreneurship since participants anticipate less access to others’ support for gender incongruent opportunities. Although the mediational model indicates most proposed relationships and paths are invariant across genders, the exception was that women did not report higher WTI for the gender congruent venture.,The research applies the latest thinking in social psychology on gender norm violations to entrepreneurship, measuring how anticipated reactions from others are a factor in predicting estimates of venture success probability and self-investments.
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Bilingual autobiographical memory: unveiling the significance of memories encoded in multiple languages - Sorokina, Anastasia (Multilingua, 2025)
Keywords: Autobiographical memory; Cognitive psychology; Cognitive science; Computer science; Linguistics; Philosophy; Psychology; Recall; bilingual autobiographical memory; dept.wll; memory phenomenology; mixed memories; peer-reviewed

US bank lending to small businesses: an analysis of covid-19 and the paycheck protection program - Abugri, Benjamin A.; Osah, Theophilus T. (Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 2025)
This paper examines the characteristics of banks and their lending behavior in relation to Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and commercial and industrial (C&I) loans to small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our findings show that lenders facing greater risk tended to lend more PPP loans, consistent with the risk-aversion theory. Specifically, banks with a higher loan–deposit ratio, lower overall profitability, poorer loan quality, and higher exposure to risks in business (C&I) loans are characterized by higher PPP loans. C&I loans to all businesses are negatively related to the loan–deposit ratio and loan loss allowance ratio, but are positively linked with the capital ratio. However, we find important differences in C&I lending to small businesses versus large businesses. Furthermore, there is evidence regarding the success of targeting PPP loans towards more productive sectors of the US economy. Using FDIC-defined banks’ lending specializations, we show that banks focused on international lending had a limited role in PPP lending.
Keywords: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak; Business; COVID-19 pandemic; Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); Medicine; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2); US banks; Virology; commercial and industrial loans; dept.fin; paycheck protection program; peer-reviewed; risk aversion; small business lending

Summer Nursing Symposium: An Immersive Educational Program Inspiring Underrepresented Minorities for College and a Career in Nursing - Knickerbocker, Joshua; Krol, Maria; Bartlett, Andrew; Borgognone, Kristen; Martinez, Kelly (Hispanic Health Care International, 2025)
Keywords: Medical education; Medicine; Nurse education; Nursing; Psychology; Underrepresented Minority; dept.nur; peer-reviewed

Liver metabolomic profiles of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) are influenced by sex and maturation stages - Tamrakar, Sonam; Huerta, Belinda; Chung‐Davidson, Yu‐Wen; Li, Weiming (Metabolomics, 2025)
INTRODUCTION: Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) is a unique vertebrate model to examine how liver metabolomes support different reproductive functions. Juvenile sea lamprey prey on other fish species by attaching to their body and feeding on their blood and body fluids. Once reaching adulthood, they cease feeding, migrate to spawning streams and begin their final sexual maturation. During these processes, the male livers produce large quantities of bile acid pheromone precursors to be modified and released via gills, whereas the female livers synthesize vast amounts of vitellogenin (yolk lipophosphoprotein) to be transported to the ovary. OBJECTIVE: We aim to test the hypothesis that the liver metabolic pathways exhibit dramatic changes during sexual maturation of sea lampreys that support their reproductive strategies. METHODS: Liver tissues from prespermiating (PSM) and spermiating (SM) males, and preovulatory (POF) and ovulatory (OF) females were homogenized, extracted and analyzed using the Thermo Q-exactive Orbitrap UPLC/MS/MS. Progenesis QI, Compound Discoverer, and Metaboanalyst were used for alignment, peak picking, deconvolution, and annotation. Data were subjected to analyses such as PCA and PLS-DA, using the SIMCA® software. The glycogen and triglyceride content in liver were also examined to determine levels of stored energy. RESULTS: Overall, we found upregulations of amino acid and fatty acid metabolisms in mature male sea lamprey compared to the immature ones. Although the metabolic differences were comparatively subdued in the sexually immature males and females, amino acid regulation was slightly higher in females. CONCLUSION: We conclude that the metabolic dynamics in sea lamprey livers are consistent with their reproductive strategies.
Keywords: Bile acids; Bioinformatics; Biology; Computational biology; Fatty acids; Fishery; Hepatic Physiology; Hepatocytes; Hepatology; Lamprey; Maturation; Metabolism; Metabolomics; Petromyzon; Petromyzon marinus; Reproductive Physiology; Sex; Untargeted metabolomics; Zoology; dept.che; peer-reviewed

Perceived awareness, benefits, and strategies of Pakistani editors regarding open-access journal publishing - Raza, Muhammad Zahid; Rafiq, Muhammad; Soroya, Saira Hanif (Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication, 2025)
This study aims to discover the perceived awareness, benefits and suitable strategies of the Pakistani editors of Higher Education Commission (HEC)-recognized scholarly journals regarding open-access (OA) journal publishing in Pakistan.,A structured questionnaire-based survey method of quantitative research approach was adopted to achieve the study’s objectives by collecting data from the editors of 329 HEC-recognized journals in Pakistan.,The awareness level of the respondents of the Pakistani journals is low regarding the OA concepts, resources and initiatives. The respondents of OA journals have better awareness levels than the respondents of non-OA journals. All the respondents of journals are convinced and have the view that OA journals have wider benefits for the academic community, and they need to flourish. A majority of the respondents are of the view that HEC should sponsor financial resources and technical training for OA journal publishing. The respondents of OA journals are more in favor of supporting OA journal publishing than the respondents of non-OA journals.,This study covered the lists of HEC-recognized journals of 2019. More studies may be conducted based on updated lists of HEC-recognized journals by using different research paradigms such as qualitative or pragmatic research approaches.,To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first comprehensive study on this phenomenon and is an effort to fill this gap and invigorate the scholarly literature. It may attract the attention of the policymakers, funding bodies, parent institutions of the journals and the HEC to cope with the low awareness level of the Pakistani editors regarding the OA concepts, resources and initiatives; and suitable strategies required to uplift the OA journal publishing paradigm in Pakistan.
Keywords: dept.ils; peer-reviewed

Freshwater salinization of seasonal ponds: high salinity and stratification threaten critical, overlooked habitats - Brady, Steven; Benoit, Gaboury (Environmental Science & Technology, 2025)
Keywords: Biology; Critical habitat; Ecology; Environmental science; Fishery; Geology; Habitat; Oceanography; Salinity; Soil salinity; Stratification (seeds); dept,bio; peer-reviewed

Insomnia Symptoms, Mental Health Diagnosis, Mental Health Care Utilization, and Perceived Barriers in U.S. Males and Females - Sawadogo, Wendemi; Njoku, Anuli; Jegede, Joy (Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2025)
Objective: We aim to determine the association between insomnia symptoms and mental health in females and males and compare mental health care utilization and perceived barriers between females and males with insomnia symptoms. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study using the National Health Interview Survey. Insomnia symptoms included self-reported “trouble falling asleep”, ‘trouble staying asleep”, and “waking up feeling not well rested”. Mental health included self-reported anxiety and depression. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess the association between insomnia symptoms and mental health in females and males. Results: A total of 26,691 adults were included. The mean age was 48.2 years; 51.4% were females, and 48.6% were males. Insomnia symptoms were associated with anxiety and depression for both females and males. These associations were stronger in younger adults (<50 years) than older adults (≥50 years). Females with insomnia symptoms were more likely to receive mental health care (OR = 1.7; 95% CI = 1.53, 1.87) but also to delay mental health care because of its cost (OR = 1.96; 95% CI: 1.67, 2.30) or needed mental health care but did not get it because of the cost (OR = 2.14; 95% CI: 1.82, 2.50) than their males counterpart. Conclusions: Insomnia symptoms were associated with mental health in females and males, being stronger in younger adults than older adults, with gender differences in mental health care utilization and financial barriers to mental health care. Holistic approaches involving prevention and better access to mental health care are warranted.
Keywords: Anxiety; Cross-sectional study; Depression (economics); Feeling; Health care; Insomnia; Internal medicine; Logistic regression; Medicine; Mental health; Psychiatry; Psychology; dept.pch; dept.swk; peer-reviewed

Unanticipated money growth and unemployment in the Philippines - Patalinghug, Jason C. (Journal of Applied Economic Sciences (JAES), 2024)
The Philippines has had high levels of unemployment for years. During the 2000s, the unemployment rate hovered between seven and ten percent. High unemployment can have adverse effects on individuals and society. The question that this paper analyses is how unanticipated money growth affect the unemployment situation in the Philippines. There has been literature on the relationship between unanticipated growth on the money supply and unemployment. The paper proposes that only unanticipated money movements will affect real economic variables like unemployment and the output level. In order to test our hypothesis, it is important that we need to quantify the concepts of anticipated and unanticipated money movements. This paper uses time-series data on several economic variables as well as a model based on Geetha et al. (2023). Using an error-correction model, the results show that an unanticipated increase in M2 money is a factor that contributes to unemployment in Philippines.
Keywords: Philippines; dept.eco; peer-reviewed; time-series data; unanticipated money; unemployment

Intersectional Feminist Criminology: A Critical Companion to Theory and Research - Michalsen, Venezia (University of California Press, 2025)
This pathbreaking book brings to bear a sweeping body of contemporary intersectional feminist work to disrupt the entire discipline of criminology. Women have been largely absent from criminological theory, research, policy, and practice. This fresh, conversational book critiques the field's dominant theories by analyzing gendered patterns of perpetration and victimization and challenging traditional criminological perspectives on characteristics such as race and queerness. Designed as a rebuttal to conventional criminology textbooks, the book mirrors standard course content through an intersectional feminist lens, offering students a valuable opportunity to question the field's underpinnings and forge a new path to understanding the true meaning of justice.   Organized in fourteen chapters, each chapter includes accessible learning aids for students: A review of how traditional criminology textbooks cover the topic Critical perspectives on the topic Critical thinking breaks Intersectional Feminist Criminology is a timely intervention and companion to the curriculum that helps to imagine a new world and ultimately lays out a clear abolitionist vision as an alternative to the American criminal legal system.
Keywords: dept.soc

The Situation With Modern Leadership Stacking: Racial Politics, Racial Discourse, and the Realities for Black American Coaches—Who Keeps Moving the Goalposts? - Harrison, C.; Mebane, Karreem; Fennell, Marcis; Griffin, Whitney; McAllister, Dre; Hart, Richard; McArdle, Danielle (Kinesiology Review, 2025)
Keywords: Black male; Gender studies; Law; NFL hiring practices; Political science; Politics; Psychology; Race (biology); Racial bias; Rooney Rule; Social psychology; Sociology; coaching pipeline; dept.rec; peer-reviewed; racial stacking

“It’s where she belongs, isn’t it?” Lupe Vélez and Dolores del Río in Hollywood - Hernández-Rodríguez, R. (Nomadic New Women: Exile and Border-Crossing between Spain and the Americas, Early to Mid-Twentieth Century, 2024)
Mexican artistic influence at the beginning of the twentieth century was prevalent in America, most notably muralism, but also talent associated with the movies. This influenced the way Mexico was perceived in the United States, and by extension the way Lupe Vélez and Dolores del Río, the most successful Mexican actresses in early Hollywood, were appreciated. Both actresses had come to Hollywood to fulfill their dream of a career in the movies. At first, they were successful playing a variety of roles in silent movies, but once sound arrived, their accents made obvious their foreignness at a time when American culture was beginning to spread around the world and to establish its preeminence. They were aware of the challenges they faced and knew there was a price to pay if they wanted to continue in a business where the public decided, at a time when Americans distrusted foreigners. So, if that price was to overplay her earthy Mexicaness, in the case of Vélez, or emphasize her aristocratic image, in the case of del Río, they were ready to pay it. Mexico became the other par excellence in the early twentieth century, and these heavily accented actresses were evidence of that.
Keywords: Dolores del Río; Ethnic representation; Hollywood; Identity; Lupe Vélez; Mexican influence; Silent films; Stereotypes; Talkies; dept.wll

Building TRUST: Empowering Teachers to Support Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders - Mitchell, Carolyn; Gershwin, Tracy; Robinson, Jason; Hynes, Kristy (Intervention in School and Clinic, 2025)
Keywords: Applied psychology; Developmental psychology; Emotional and behavioral disorders; Learning disability; Mathematics education; Pedagogy; Psychology; Reading (process); Special education; dept.sed; peer-reviewed

Autism spectrum disorder in adolescents and adults: an introduction - Volkmar, Fred R.; Reichow, Brian; McPartland, James C. (Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2024)
Leo Kanner’s classic description of autism appeared eight decades ago. Although the pace of research has increased dramatically, research specifically focused on adolescents and adults remains limited in many respects. Numerous outcome studies have been conducted and suggest potential for markedly improved outcome with intervention. Unfortunately, studies on adults after early adulthood are sparse and, for old age, almost nonexistent, reflecting a lack of support for research in this population. This is in stark contrast to other developmental disorders in which considerable information on adult life is often available. This book summarizes work across areas, focusing on what is known and not yet known, highlighting important areas for future research. While overall outcome has improved, a small group of individuals remain in need of high levels of adult care. For all individuals, the field requires new approaches to both research and clinical service.
Keywords: Adolescents; Adults; Autism; Outcome; Supports; dept.sed

Sensemaking and sustainability: a sensemaking perspective on the ethical use of big data in marketing strategizing - Wang, Emma (Junhong); Berthon, Pierre; Su, Yiran (Sustainable Development Seen Through the Lenses of Ethnoeconomics and the Circular Economy, 2024)
Despite the ethical concerns over the datafication and surveillance of individuals and groups, companies are making ever greater investments in big data. The assumptions underpinning this movement are: (1) organizations are passive implementers of big data—more data is the inevitable consequence of technology and a competitive necessity for business, (2) more data offers a more objective and accurate picture of reality and (3) more data enables better prediction. We argue that this perspective is strategically unsustainable and abdicates ethical responsibility.
Keywords: Big Data; Organization; Sensemaking; Strategizing; Sustainability; dept.mrk

Book Review: Culture 2.0: The Intersection of National and Organizational Culture and Unruly Speech: Displacement and the Politics of Transgression - Milburn, Trudy (Management Communication Quarterly, 2024)
Keywords: book review; dept.aa

Sword with a dual edge: Membership categorization and stereotyping in elite European club football commentary (chapter 12) - Hansen, Alan; Milburn, Trudy (Communicated Stereotypes at Work, 2024)
Communicated Stereotypes at Work highlights the pervasiveness and complexity of stereotypes in the workplace by analyzing the role they play in a variety of professional settings. Contributors exp...
Keywords: dept.aa

Syria, English in - Hadid, Alia; Hos, Rabia (The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of World Englishes, 2025)
To gain a full perspective about English in Syria, it is necessary to focus on English learning in the past and present. The focus of the learning and teaching of the English language in Syria prior to 2011 consisted of various factors such as length of exposure to language, teacher preparation, qualifications, cross-linguistic transfer, and textbooks. The interruptions in schooling, brain drain, and depletion of resources were additional factors that influenced the learning and teaching of English in Syria in the post-2011 era. The entry concludes with a proposal that conscientious efforts are needed to enhance the teaching of English in Syria.
Keywords: Computer science; English language teaching; English learning; Geography; History; Linguistics; Middle East; Philosophy; Syria; Syrian refugees; dept.grad; language education; teacher training

Perceptions of the Pakistani editors for open access journal publishing: a developing country’s perspective - Raza, Muhammad; Rafiq, Muhammad; Soroya, Saira (Information Development, 2025)
Objectives This study has been designed to determine Pakistani editors’ perceptions regarding the Open Access (OA) publishing practices of the Higher Education Commission (HEC)-recognized journals in Pakistan, and to assess their best OA publishing models. Methodology A structured questionnaire-based survey method of quantitative research approach was adopted to achieve the study’s objectives by collecting data from the editors of all 329 HEC-recognized journals in Pakistan. Findings This study exposed that public and teaching institutes are leading in OA journal publishing in Pakistan as compared to private and research institutes. Diamond OA, and Gold OA publishing models are popular among the respondents; however, respondents are not convinced to follow any specific OA publishing model due to their different choices. A large majority (92%) of the journals belong to the Y category (the lowest) of journals. A large majority (72%) of the journals in Pakistan is adopting the Open Journal System (OJS), and parent institutions installed web browsers. CC-BY-NC and CC-BY licenses are their favorite licenses. Significance The present study is the first comprehensive study on editors’ perceptions for OA journal publishing and is an effort to fill this gap to invigorate the scholarly literature. This study may enable the journals, editors, and publishers to follow the best OA journal publishing practices of the Pakistani journals for global OA usage of scholarly journals. The results have practical and theoretical ramifications for academic and research institutions, federal and provincial higher education commissioners, policy organizations, and parent institutions of journals.
Keywords: Computer science; Developing country; Economic growth; Economics; Library science; MEDLINE; Media studies; Open access journal; Open access publishing; Perception; Perspective (graphical); Political science; Psychology; Public relations; Publishing; Scopus; Sociology; dept.ils; peer-reviewed

Exploring capacitive swipe gesture for user authentication using a new large dataset - K.C., Kiran; Hossain, Shafaeat; Haberfeld, Carl (Computers & Security, 2025)
Keywords: Artificial intelligence; Authentication; Authentication (law); Biometrics; Capacitive sensing; Capacitive swipe gesture; Computer science; Computer security; Gesture; Operating system; Smartphone security; SwIPe; Touchscreen; dept.csc

Empathy in action: nurturing sustainable educational change through Nel Noddings' ethics of care - Hadid, Alia; Hos, Rabia; Hauber-Özer, Melissa (Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies, 2025)
This introduction synthesizes the research presented by the contributors to this special issue to explore sustainable educational practices for refugees. A common thread across the articles is that they share components of Nel Noddings’ ethics of care framework, which emphasizes establishing welcoming, nurturing, and supportive environments that enable refugees to build meaningful relationships while honoring their cultural identities. We recommend action steps gleaned from the 11 papers in this issue that call for the concerted efforts of all those involved. Central to this vision are teachers, who serve as the backbone of the education system; however, to fulfill this role, they must be equipped with the necessary resources and skills to foster culturally responsive educational environments that emphasize students’ identities and provide equitable learning. This introduction underscores the importance of holistic and relational approaches as foundational to achieving sustainable educational equity for refugee learners.
Keywords: Community; dept.grad; empathy; empowerment; equity; inclusive; peer-reviewed

The Qz5 Survey. I. How the H i Mass Density of the Universe Evolves with Cosmic Time - Oyarzún, Grecco A.; Rafelski, Marc; Christensen, Lise; Ozyurt, Fiona; Jorgenson, Regina A.; Neeleman, M.; Fumagalli, Michele; Prochaska, J. Xavier; Worseck, G.; Wisz, M. E.; Becker, George D.; López, Sebastián (The Astrophysical Journal, 2025)
We report that the neutral hydrogen (H i) mass density of the Universe (ρH i) increases with cosmic time since z ∼ 5, peaks at z ∼ 3, and then decreases toward z ∼ 0. This is the first result of Qz5, our spectroscopic survey of 63 quasars at z ≳ 5 with VLT/X-SHOOTER and Keck/ESI aimed at characterizing intervening H i gas absorbers at z ∼ 5. The main feature of Qz5 is the high resolution (R ∼ 7000–9000) of the spectra, which allows us to (1) accurately detect high column density H i gas absorbers in an increasingly neutral intergalactic medium at z ∼ 5 and (2) determine the reliability of previous ρH i measurements derived with lower resolution spectroscopy. We find five intervening damped Lyα absorbers (DLAs) at z > 4.5, which corresponds to the lowest DLA incidence rate () at z ≳ 2. We also measure the lowest ρH i at z ≳ 2 from our sample of DLAs and subDLAs, corresponding to ρH i Mpc−3 at z ∼ 5. Taking into account our measurements at z ∼ 5 and systematic biases in the DLA detection rate at lower spectral resolutions, we conclude that ρH i doubles from z ∼ 5 to z ∼ 3. From these results emerges a qualitative agreement between how the cosmic densities of H i gas mass, molecular gas mass, and star formation rate build up with cosmic time.
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

What increases the urban–rural gap in firm entry rates? - Kim, Younjun; Orazem, Peter (Small Business Economics, 2025)
Keywords: Agglomeration; Business; Economic geography; Economics; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Firm entry; Human capital; J24; M13; R11; Rural; Urban; dept.eco; peer-reviewed

#scholar #famous #monster - Wolgemuth, Jennifer; Lester, Jessica; Guyotte, Kelly; Koro‐Ljungberg, Mirka; Marn, Travis (Educational Researcher, 2025)
Academic success is now coupled with social media engagement. Social media has become so normalized in the academy that absent a carefully curated social media presence, scholars risk being seen as unscholarly, unproductive, and unpopular. This article lays bare the pressures, mechanisms, and monstrosities of using social media to promote scholarship. We argue that the widespread adoption of social media outpaces critical attention to its ethics and wonder about the future of public scholarship and the monstrous scholarly selves we are becoming. Thinking of monstrosity, with Krecˇicˇ and Žižek, as the preontological domain that rests beneath society and constitutes alterity and otherness, we ask what kinds of #scholarfamousmonsters we want to be, become, and promote in the digital era.
Keywords: Aesthetics; Art; Epistemology; Law; Literature; Media studies; Monster; Philosophy; Political science; Psychology; Scholarship; Social media; Social psychology; Sociology; Wonder; dept.cur; peer-reviewed

Perceived Religious Social Support in Faith Communities for Caregivers of Persons Living with Dementia - Garrison, Brianna; Myers, Dennis; Parrish, Danielle; Oxhandler, Holly (Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 2025)
Keywords: Dementia; Faith; Gerontology; Medicine; Psychology; Psychotherapist; Social support; caregiver; dept.swk; faith community; peer-reviewed; social determinants of health; social support

Optimizing MPPT Control of DC-DC Boost Converters Using Metaheuristic Search Algorithms and Nonlinear PID (N-PID) Controllers - Khellaf, L.; Djellal, A.; Mayache, H.; Sheta, A. (IC-AIRES 2024, 2025)
Photovoltaic systems have proven to be one of the most widely used renewable energies and the best replacement for conventional energy. Yet, their non-linear nature remains a challenge when it comes to extracting maximum power from photovoltaic modules. Therefore, in this work, a nonlinear PID controller has been used to meet the requirements of the photovoltaic system. In addition, to improve system performance and response, metaheuristic search algorithms were introduced into the tuning process of both the NPID controller and conventional PID controller parameters in order to compare them. The use of Artificial Intelligence to fine-tune the controller parameters will enable the optimum values of proportional, integral, derivative and nonlinear gains to be determined as system condition change. Finally, a comparison between the algorithms applied is conducted in terms of efficiency, rise time, settling time and overshoot as well as the overall system stability.
Keywords: Artificial intelligence; Computer science; Control; Control (management); Control engineering; Control theory (sociology); Converters; Electrical engineering; Engineering; Evolutionary Algorithm; Machine Learning; Nonlinear system; PID controller; Physics; Swarm Intelligence Algorithm; Temperature control; dept.csc

Changing Working Environments in Philosophy: Reflections from a Case Study - McConwell, Alison; Bogacz, Magdalena; Brecevic, Char; Haber, Matthew; Wu, Jingyi; Roe, Sarah (Philosophy of Science, 2025)
Abstract There is an “underrepresentation problem” in philosophy departments and journals. Empirical data suggest that while we have seen some improvements since the 1990s, the rate of change has slowed down. Some posit that philosophy has disciplinary norms making it uniquely resistant to change. We present results from an empirical case study of a philosophy department that achieved and maintained male-female gender parity among its faculty as early as 2014. Our analysis extends beyond matters of gender parity because that is only one, albeit important, dimension of inclusion. We build from the study to reflect on strategies that may catalyze change.
Keywords: Computer science; Epistemology; Philosophy; Sociology; dept.his; peer-reviewed

Corruption, Natural Capital and Economic Development: A Dynamic GMM Analysis - Ang, Joshua; Patalinghug, Jason (Review of Economic Analysis, 2025)
Using a dynamic panel dataset of 150 countries for the period of 2006-2018 and a two-step system GMM estimation model, this paper shows that natural resources have a positive effect on economic development while holding corruption constant. Our findings support the notion that natural resources have a positive effect on the economy of a nation. When a country has less corruption, it improves the appropriation of economic gains from natural resources which serves as natural capital that would drive further capital accumulation and further development. We also find that physical capital, human capital, and freedom from corruption show strong positive effects on economic development, controlling for other economic and institutional variables.
Keywords: Corruption; Dynamic Panel Study; Econometrics; Economic Development; Economics; Human Capital; Language change; Natural Resources; Physical Capital; dept.eco

Integrating edTPA into Physical Education Teacher Education: Teacher Educators’ Perceptions and Experiences in Preparing Teacher Candidates - Olsen, Edward B.; Wyant, James D.; Tsuda, Emi; Laughlin, Michael K.; Baxter, Deborah S. (Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2024)
Purpose: In the United States, 15 states maintain policies and 25 states represent some level of edTPA affiliation. This study investigated how the edTPA was integrated and aligned into different physical education teacher education (PETE) programs in New Jersey. It also sought to understand teacher educators’ perceptions and experiences in preparing teacher candidates for the edTPA. Methods: This study utilized three data sources: semistructured interviews (n = 4), one focus group interview (n = 1), and documents (n = 17). Data analysis reflected a conventional approach toward qualitative content analysis. Results: In analyzing the data, four themes were established: (a) benefits and drawbacks of edTPA in PETE, (b) goals and success of edTPA in PETE, (c) integrating edTPA into PETE—macro- and microperspectives, and (d) analytic insights into edTPA and future recommendations. Discussion/Conclusion: In states requiring the edTPA, early exposure, scaffolding, curriculum mapping, and a shared mission and vision are critical. In states not requiring the edTPA, programs may want to consider indicators of performance, such as artifacts, reports, elements of the edTPA, university-based assessments, or a portfolio. Regardless of the type of assessment, “a” performance-based assessment may help to determine teacher candidates’ ability to plan, instruct, assess, and reflect.
Keywords: dept.hms; faculty; peer-reviewed; performance-based assessments; preservice teachers

Futurist arte / vita: Benedetta Fictionalized - Larkin, Erin (Volume 8 2018, 2018)
Keywords: dept.wll

Symbolic Violence and Public Displays of Difference - Compan, Magali (Visualizing Violence in Francophone Cultures, 2015)
Visualizing Violence in Francophone Cultures brings together two complex and powerful loci of meaning: violence and the visual. As such, it offers a comprehensive overview from which one can gain a better understanding of the complexity of the visual rhetoric of violence. The visual representations of violence explored in this volume include both fictional works, including, for example, narrative films, graphic novels, and theatre, and non-fictional genres, such as news media and cultural artifacts. This volume’s strength is also grounded in its interdisciplinary approach; by bringing together scholars from a variety of academic fields to examine a broad range of visual artifacts, such as photography, graphic novel, films, paintings, objects, the book offers a substantive corpus focusing on the rhetoric of violence. The essays collected in this volume explore the ways in which visual expressions of violence have infiltrated diverse narrative forms, and, as such, how they both construct and challenge general understandings of contemporary violence. They all chart, with cultural and historical specificity, the way in which images of violence shape the visual imaginary of ethical worlds.
Keywords: History / General; dept.wll

Reading Trends of Youth in Pakistan: A Pilot Study - Soroya, Saira Hanif; Ameen, Kanwal (Pakistan Journal of Information Management and Libraries, 2016)
The present study, a part of researcher's Ph.D. project, aimed at exploring the reading trends of young Pakistani students (i.e., Generation Y: born during the 1980s and early 1990s, also known as internet generation), and the impact of digital media on their reading behavior. It was conducted as a pilot study on final year's master level students of the University of the Punjab. Quantitative research design, based on a survey was used. Convenient sampling technique was used to collect data from 50 students through questionnaire survey. It revealed that the students' reading behavior has been significantly changed during the last five years. Their overall reading time and digital reading time has been increased due to the availability of digital devices and digital reading material. The findings of this study are helpful in identifying the trends of reading behavior as well as in planning and designing library services with regard to the considering of the behavior of the students.
Keywords: dept.ils

Academic Integrity: Effects of Demographic Variables on Students’ Conduct - Soroya, Dr Muhammad Shahid; Hashmi, Dr Muhammad Amir; Soroya, Saira Hanif (South Asian Studies, 2020)
This study aimed to find out the effects of demographic variable i.e. gender, age, group of studies, GPA etc. on level of academic integrity among Pakistani students. The design of the study is quantitative in nature, in which the survey research method was employed to gather data from the respondents. A self-reported questionnaire was adapted on the basis of previously developed and validated questionnaire, with the consent of the authors. The developed scale was validated with the help of experts and pilot tested. Multilevel stratified convenience sampling technique was used to collect data from 4 provinces and federal area of Pakistan. The collected data was analyzed by using SPSS 16.0 version
Keywords: dept.ils

Do We Deliver What They Expect? Finding the Gap Between Users' Expected and Currently Received Library Services. - Ara, Mehvish; Soroya, Saira Hanif (Pakistan Library & Information Science Journal, 2018)
This research aims to assess tire service quality of public libraries of Lahore by evaluating the disparities between the users' expectation and currently received services. The survey method based on questionnaire was used. Four of the largest libraries in Lahore, in terms of services, collection and other facilities, were the population of the study. A sample of four hundred library users was selected with one hundred library users for each library based on convenience sampling. A modified LibQUAL+ tool was adopted to collect the data. The findings revealed that users have very high expectations regarding the accessibility of library's electronic resources from home or office, library website, printed material, availability of electronic information resource, modem equipment, tools that allow the users to find the material themselves, and provision of the information in an easy manner. The findings are helpful for public libraries' authorities to redcsign/upgradc the quality of library services, policies and procedures according to users' expectations and requirements.
Keywords: ACCESS control; INTERNET access for library users; LAHORE (Pakistan); LIBRARY public services; LIBRARY records; Libraries; Libraries and Archives; PUBLIC libraries; dept.ils

Communicative relevance: Color references in bilingual and trilingual speakers - Pavlenko, Aneta; Jarvis, Scott; Melnyk, Svitlana; Sorokina, Anastasia (Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2017)
The study examined granularity of lexical partitioning of the blue area in speakers of English, which encodes the term blue; Russian, which encodes two terms, sinij [dark/navy blue] and goluboj [light/sky blue]; and Ukrainian, which encodes the terms synij [dark/navy blue] and blakytnyj and golubyj [light/sky blue]. Five groups of participants took part in the study: (1) 30 L1 speakers of English, (2) 30 L1 speakers of Russian, (3) 30 Russian–English bilinguals, (4) 30 English–Russian bilinguals, and (5) 25 Ukrainian–Russian–English trilinguals. Quantitative and qualitative analyses revealed that L1 Russian speakers referred to different types of blue significantly more frequently than all other groups, while bilinguals patterned with L1 English speakers. These findings suggest that classroom exposure to L2 Russian does not make the distinction between sinij and goluboj communicatively relevant for L1 English speakers and that everyday use of L2 English may trigger attrition of the contrast in L1 Russian.
Keywords: Russian; bilingual lexicon; color; communicative relevance; crosslinguistic influence; dept.wll

Managerial Talent and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): How Do Talented Managers View Corporate Social Responsibility? - Chatjuthamard, Pattanaporn; Jiraporn, Pornsit; Tong, Shenghui; Singh, Manohar (International Review of Finance, 2016)
Motivated by the ongoing debate on the costs and benefits of corporate social responsibility (CSR), we explore how talented managers view CSR investments. Based on nearly 20,000 observations across 17 years, our evidence reveals a nonmonotonic effect of managerial talent on CSR. Exploiting a novel measure of managerial ability, we find that talented managers view CSR investments favorably. However, only those with especially strong talent are in favor of CSR investments. For executives ranked above the 75th percentile in terms of managerial talent, an increase in managerial ability leads to more CSR investments, suggesting that these strongly talented managers perceive CSR as enhancing firm performance. In contrast, for those with weaker talent, CSR investments are negatively associated with managerial ability, implying that these weakly talented managers view CSR as a wasteful deployment of resources. Further evidence shows that our conclusion is unlikely confounded by endogeneity.
Keywords: G30; G32; M14; dept.mrk

Is there an optimally diversified conglomerate? Gleaning answers from capital markets - Nejadmalayeri, Ali; Iyer, Subramanian Rama; Singh, Manohar (Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 2017)
Motivated by recent productivity-based theories of diversification, we argue that only conglomerates with an optimal degree of diversification can utilize their comparative advantages across various industries and achieve economies of scope by eliminating redundancies. Evidence from both corporate bond and equity markets suggests that optimally diversified conglomerates consist of either (1) approximately five equally weighted divisions, or (2) one large core business segment that roughly accounts for 75 % sales. Moreover, the relative size of divisions has a critical impact on how diversification affects credit spreads and excess values. Nonparity among divisions correlates with greater costs that increase with the number of divisions.
Keywords: Conglomerates; Credit spreads; Equity discount; G10; G11; G12; Optimal diversification; dept.mrk

Response to a standard behavioral weight loss intervention by age of onset of obesity - Rupp, K.; Taverno Ross, S. E.; Lang, W.; Jakicic, J. M. (Obesity Science & Practice, 2016)
Background The purpose of this study was to examine weight loss, physical activity, fitness and diet changes in response to a standard behavioral weight loss intervention in adults with self-reported juvenile onset (n = 61) or adult onset (n = 116) obesity. Methods Participants (n = 177; 43.0 ± 8.6 years; body mass index [BMI] = 33.0 ± 3.4 kg m−2) engaged in an 18-month standard behavioral weight loss intervention. Participants were randomized into three different intervention groups as part of the larger parent trial. BMI, physical activity, fitness and diet were assessed at baseline, 6, 12 and 18 months. Separate adjusted mixed models were constructed using SAS version 9.4 (SAS Institute, Cary, NC). Results There was significant weight loss, increased physical activity, improved fitness and reduced caloric intake over time (p < 0.001). There were no significant differences in these outcome variables by obesity onset group. However, there was a significant group by time interaction for fitness (p = 0.001), with the adult onset making significantly greater gains in fitness from baseline to 6 months (p < 0.001); however, this difference was no longer present at 12 or 18 months. Conclusions With the exception of fitness at 6 months, weight loss, physical activity and diet did not differ between juvenile onset and adult onset participants, suggesting that those with juvenile onset obesity are equally responsive to a standard behavioral weight loss intervention in adulthood.
Keywords: Obesity; dept.hms; physical activity; weight loss interventions

“I'm Not Good Enough for Anyone”: Legal Status and the Dating Lives of Undocumented Young Adults - Pila, Daniela (Sociological Forum, 2016)
The impact of legal status on romantic relationships has not been adequately explored in the literature. Based on video and phone interviews with 25 undocumented activists from the ages of 18 to 28 years old, this research examines how legal status affects the romantic relationships of undocumented women and men. The hegemony of traditional dating scripts made it difficult for those without legal status to participate. Gender roles were consistent with stereotypical male and female roles in dating, which often attribute more power and responsibility to men. As such, women experienced a slight advantage because traditional notions of courtship did not require them to provide the resources required for dating, such as money or transportation, which in contrast were commonly expected of the men. In contrast, women noted the difficulties of disclosing their legal status and depending on their partners for everyday activities. Additionally, both men and women faced exclusion that inhibited their dating lives, as a direct result of their legal status. This suggests that the impact of legal status may be salient at all stages of family formation and that undocumented young adults are experiencing a distinct phenomenon compared to their documented and native-born peers.
Keywords: citizenship; dating; dept.soc; immigration; legality; undocumented; young adults

Development and preliminary testing of PROGRESS: a Web-based education program for prostate cancer survivors transitioning from active treatment - Miller, Suzanne M.; Hudson, Shawna V.; Hui, Siu-Kuen Azor; Diefenbach, Michael A.; Fleisher, Linda; Raivitch, Stephanie; Belton, Tanisha; Roy, Gem; Njoku, Anuli; Scarpato, John; Viterbo, Rosalia; Buyyounouski, Mark; et al. (Journal of Cancer Survivorship: Research and Practice, 2015)
PURPOSE: This formative research study describes the development and preliminary evaluation of a theory-guided, online multimedia psycho-educational program (PROGRESS) designed to facilitate adaptive coping among prostate cancer patients transitioning from treatment into long-term survivorship. METHODS: Guided by the Cognitive-Social Health Information Processing Model (C-SHIP) and using health communications best practices, we conducted a two-phase, qualitative formative research study with early stage prostate cancer patients (n = 29) to inform the Web program development. Phase 1 included individual (n = 5) and group (n = 12) interviews to help determine intervention content and interface. Phase 2 employed iterative user/usability testing (n = 12) to finalize the intervention. Interview data were independently coded and collectively analyzed to achieve consensus. RESULTS: Survivors expressed interest in action-oriented content on (1) managing treatment side effects, (2) handling body image and comorbidities related to overweight/obesity, (3) coping with emotional and communication issues, (4) tips to reduce disruptions of daily living activities, and (5) health skills training tools. Patients also desired the use of realistic and diverse survivor images. CONCLUSIONS: Incorporation of an established theoretical framework, application of multimedia intervention development best practices, and an evidence-based approach to content and format resulted in a psycho-educational tool that comprehensively addresses survivors' needs in a tailored fashion. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: The results suggest that an interactive Web-based multimedia program is useful for survivors if it covers the key topics of symptom control, emotional well-being, and coping skills training; this tool has the potential to be disseminated and implemented as an adjunct to routine clinical care.
Keywords: Humans; Internet; Male; Middle Aged; Program Development; Prostatic Neoplasms; Qualitative Research; Survivors; Telemedicine; dept.pch

Developing a Learner-Centered Curriculum for a Rural Public Health Program - Njoku, Anuli; Wakeel, Fathima; Reger, Michael; Jadhav, Emmanuel; Rowan, Julie (International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2017)
Rural communities, compared with their urban counterparts, have higher rates of disease and adverse health conditions, fueling disparities in health outcomes. This encourages the need for effective curricula to engage students and enable them to address such disparate health outcomes as imminent health professionals. Incorporating learner-centered teaching strategies, such as collaboration and power-sharing, into public health (PH) courses can enhance student learning and help faculty enable future health professionals to address needs of rural, underserved populations. Successfully engaging students to explore issues related to rural health disparities in their education, research, and training can thereby advance PH practice. This paper describes the collaborative efforts of five PH faculty, an instructional designer, and administrators to develop a learner-centered curriculum for a newly launched PH program in a rural Midwestern United States (US) university.
Keywords: Audience Response Systems; College Faculty; Course Descriptions; Disadvantaged; Diseases; Health Personnel; Instructional Design; Program Descriptions; Program Development; Public Health; Rural Areas; Student Centered Curriculum; Teacher Collaboration; Teaching Methods; Workshops; dept.pch

Dismantling Occupational Therapy Provider Licensure Barriers for Individuals Who Are Underdocumented - O’Brien, Kyle; Miller-Kuhaneck, Heather (American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2025)
Keywords: Business; Certification; Licensure; Medical education; Medicine; Occupational therapy; Political science; Public relations; Workforce; dept.rec

Shopper Search in Response to Conditional Promotions: A Function of Basket Sizes and Incentive Types - Kulkarni, Atul; Yuan, Hong (Psychology and Marketing, 2025)
Keywords: Advertising; Business; Computer science; Consumer Attitudes; Consumer Behavior; Economics; Function (biology); Incentive; Incentives; Mathematics; Microeconomics; Shopping; dept.mrk; peer-reviewed

Impact of an emergency department take-home naloxone program on subsequent overdose and death - Wills, Brandon; Keyser‐Marcus, Lori; Sawadogo, Wendemi; Gizaw, Andinet; Melmer, Monica; Nguyen, Tammy; Nguyen, Natalie; Davis, Theresa; Ringwood, Katy; Moeller, F. (Heliyon, 2025)
Abstract Background Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) following nonfatal opioid overdose represent a high-risk population with 5 % of patients dying within a year of the index visit. Objective To evaluate subsequent overdose and death before and after the implementation of an ED discharge naloxone program. Methods This was a retrospective cohort study of ED patients who presented at the Virginia Commonwealth University Health ED with an Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) chief complaint before and after a discharge naloxone program. The pre-naloxone cohort was consecutive ED OUD patients from August 15, 2021, to August 14, 2022, and the post-naloxone cohort from August 15, 2022, to August 14, 2023. The outcomes were subsequent overdose, ED visit to same hospital (VCU), and death within six months of the index visit. Results In total, 1,053 patients were included, of which 529 were in the pre-naloxone cohort and 524 patients in the post-naloxone cohort. The mean age was 44.2 years (SD = 14.0) and 69 % were males. There was a reduction in overdose requiring ED visiting (subsequent ED overdose) and death (4.6 % vs 9.2 % p = 0.03 and 2.0 % vs 5.6 % p = 0.02 respectively) in the post-naloxone cohort compared to the pre-naloxone cohort. After adjusting for sociodemographic and clinical factors, there was a 48 % reduction in the risk of subsequent ED overdose (RR = 0.52, 95 % CI: 0.27, 1.02) and a 63 % reduction in the risk of death (RR = 0.37, 95 % CI: 0.14, 0.95). Conclusion Implementing an ED take-home naloxone program was associated with a reduction in subsequent overdose and death at six months.
Keywords: (+)-Naloxone; Drug overdose; Emergency department; Emergency medicine; Internal medicine; Medical emergency; Medicine; Naloxone; Opioid; Opioid antagonist; Opioid overdose; Poison control; Psychiatry; dept.pch; peer-reviewed

The Solar Neighborhood. LII. M Dwarf Twin Binaries—Presumed Identical Twins Appear Fraternal in Variability, Rotation, Hα, and X-Rays - Couperus, Andrew A.; Henry, Todd J.; Osten, Rachel A.; Jao, Wei-Chun; Vrijmoet, Eliot Halley; Kar, Aman; Horch, Elliott (The Astronomical Journal, 2024)
We present an investigation into the rotation and stellar activity of four fully convective M dwarf “twin” wide binaries. Components in each pair have (1) astrometry confirming they are common-proper-motion binaries, (2) Gaia BP, RP, and 2MASS J, H, and K s magnitudes matching within 0.10 mag, and (3) presumably the same age and composition. We report long-term photometry, rotation periods, multiepoch Hα equivalent widths, X-ray luminosities, time series radial velocities, and speckle observations for all components. Although it might be expected for the twin components to have matching magnetic attributes, this is not the case. Decade-long photometry of GJ 1183 AB indicates consistently higher spot activity on A than B, a trend matched by A appearing 58% ± 9% stronger in L X and 26% ± 9% stronger in Hα on average—this is despite similar rotation periods of A = 0.86 day and B = 0.68 day, thereby informing the range in activity for otherwise identical and similarly rotating M dwarfs. The young β Pic Moving Group member 2MA 0201+0117 AB displays a consistently more active B component that is 3.6 ± 0.5 times stronger in L X and 52% ± 19% stronger in Hα on average, with distinct rotation at A = 6.01 days and B = 3.30 days. Finally, NLTT 44989 AB displays remarkable differences with implications for spindown evolution—B has sustained Hα emission while A shows absorption, and B is ≥39 ± 4 times stronger in L X, presumably stemming from the surprisingly different rotation periods of A = 38 days and B = 6.55 days. The last system, KX Com, has an unresolved radial velocity companion, and is therefore not a twin system.
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Teaching teamwork and collaboration: A task-centered clinical design - Morrill, Deborah (Nurse education today, 2018)
Keywords: dept.nur

Communicating User Experience: Applying Local Strategies Research to Digital Media Design - Milburn, Trudy (2015)
Communicating User Experience illustrates how the use of Local Strategies Research (LSR) methodologies enables designers to understand the cultural implications for user actions and practices in a...
Keywords: dept.aa

Service-Learning as a Mechanism to Prepare School Psychology Graduate Students: A Case Example. - McPherson, Casey; Karahalios, Vicky; Shriberg, David (Trainers' Forum, 2017)
An ongoing challenge in the preparation of school psychologists, particularly in the first year of graduate training, is finding learning experiences that provide students with an opportunity to apply foundational skills, such as consultation and data-based decision-making, in a culturally responsive manner. Service-learning is a well-established teaching mechanism designed to address just this need, yet there is scant scholarship on ways to utilize this methodology in school psychology training. This manuscript describes a service-learning experience at an urban tutoring center in which first-year school psychology Ed.S. and Ph.D. students gathered agency-wide comprehensive academic screening data and provided targeted consultation support in the area of reading comprehension to identified fourth- through sixth-grade students and their tutors. Indicators of the positive impact of this work across stakeholder groups is provided.
Keywords: dept.csp

International adoption of the Second Step program: Moderating variables in treatment effects - Moy, Gregory; Polanin, Joshua R.; McPherson, Casey; Phan, Thuy-Vy (School Psychology International, 2018)
Second Step is a universal social-emotional learning program designed to decrease antisocial behaviors, increase prosocial behaviors, and increase knowledge about content curriculum. Given the international focus of using Second Step to improve social-emotional skills, it is especially important to provide an updated synthesis on the effect of the intervention. A single-program meta-analysis was completed in order to determine effects of participating in Second Step and to explore moderators of program effectiveness on prosocial and antisocial behavior outcomes as well as knowledge of emotions. Five moderators were explored, including (a) program saturation, (b) dependent variable source, (c) grade range, (d) metro area, and (e) geographical location. A combined total of 18,847 participants were included in the analysis of 27 studies. Results of the current study indicate that Second Step’s impact on students’ knowledge and attitudes of violence and violence prevention is much stronger than on increasing prosocial behavior or reducing antisocial behavior.
Keywords: dept.csp

What’s Going on Out There? An exploration of K–12 PE Curricular Models and Content Taught in Public Schools - Hodges, Michael; Laughlin, Michael; Brusseau, Timothy (The Physical Educator, 2018)
Little is known about which curricular models and activity units are being taught in public schools. This exploratory study examined the K–12 physical education (PE) content and curricular models being implemented. Supervisors of PE recruited from one northeastern state participated in a 25-item questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and frequencies were calculated. Sixty-nine of 92 questionnaires were usable and included in the data analysis. Findings suggest that few districts were using a curricular model at the elementary (K–5) level (27%). Another common response of adopted curricular models at the elementary level was Movement Education (17.6%). At the secondary level, No Model (35%) and Fitness Education (25.6%) were common responses. Specific units such as volleyball, basketball, and weight training yielded the highest responses, while field hockey, golf, archery, lacrosse, and tennis yielded the fewest responses. The findings suggest that K–12 PE curricula may not reflect current trends and mandates. The key determinants could be a lack of curricular model use and heavy reliance upon activities known to present challenges toward standards-based education (i.e., softball). Perhaps K–12 PE and PE preparation programs can connect to effectively articulate a curriculum, and adopt and train on curricular approaches aiming to increase teacher effectiveness and reach national standards.Subscribe to TPE
Keywords: Content; Curricular Models; PETE; Units; dept.hms

Induction of Construal-Level Mindset via Experience of Surprise: An Abstract: Proceedings of the 2018 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference | Request PDF - Kulkarni, Atul A.; Vanhamme, Joelle (2018)
Request PDF | Induction of Construal-Level Mindset via Experience of Surprise: An Abstract: Proceedings of the 2018 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference | An experience of surprise is often an outcome of disconfirmation of expectations and can be associated with positive or negative affect depending... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
Keywords: dept.mrk

Construal-level Mindsets Enhance Behavioral Persistence in Response to Incentive Valence - Kulkarni, Atul A.; Yuan, Hong (Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 2017)
In this research, we find that incentive valence and construal-level mindsets can interact to influence behavioral persistence on challenging tasks. An abstract mindset improves persistence in response to positively framed incentives whereas a concrete mindset improves persistence in response to negatively framed incentives. This interaction effect can be observed even when the cues inducing construal-level mindsets are not related to the incentives or the incentivized tasks. Participants in our studies were either positively or negatively incentivized to solve a set of difficult anagrams, and were primed with an abstract or a concrete mindset using spatial (Study 1) and social (Study 2) cues. The participants persisted longer in response to the positively framed incentive when primed with spatially or socially remote cues. In contrast, for the negatively framed incentive, participants persisted longer when primed with spatially or socially proximal cues. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Keywords: construal-level; dept.mrk; incentive valence; mindset; persistence

Development of a Scale Measuring Chinese Preservice Physical Education Teachers’ Beliefs About the Physical Education Profession - Fan, Yao; Keating, Xiaofen D.; Liu, Jingwen; Zhou, Ke; Shangguan, Rulan; Knipe, Robert (The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2018)
This project aimed to develop a valid and reliable scale measuring Chinese preservice physical education teachers’ beliefs about the physical education profession (PPET-BPEP). The domains and items were created from a conceptual analysis of the previous literature and PPETs’ responses to an open-ended survey. Six experts in the field of physical education and educational psychology evaluated the content validity of the scale. The reliability and factorial validity of the scale were examined utilizing a sample of 696 Chinese PPETs. The PPET-BPEP scale with 12 items embedded in two domains revealed acceptable content validity, internal structure validity, and internal consistency. The two domains were labeled as “sense of calling” and “value of physical education profession” based on the shared content of items in each domain. We recommend using PPET-BPEP scale for PPET recruitment and preparation. The scale can also help establish teacher belief scales in other subject matters. Future validation of the scale is needed in different countries and institutions.
Keywords: Future physical education teacher; Professional beliefs; Survey development; Validity and reliability; dept.hms

Internal exposure dynamics drive the Adverse Outcome Pathways of synthetic glucocorticoids in fish - Margiotta-Casaluci, Luigi; Owen, Stewart F.; Huerta, Belinda; Rodríguez-Mozaz, Sara; Kugathas, Subramanian; Barceló, Damià; Rand-Weaver, Mariann; Sumpter, John P. (Scientific Reports, 2016)
The Adverse Outcome Pathway (AOP) framework represents a valuable conceptual tool to systematically integrate existing toxicological knowledge from a mechanistic perspective to facilitate predictions of chemical-induced effects across species. However, its application for decision-making requires the transition from qualitative to quantitative AOP (qAOP). Here we used a fish model and the synthetic glucocorticoid beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) to investigate the role of chemical-specific properties, pharmacokinetics, and internal exposure dynamics in the development of qAOPs. We generated a qAOP network based on drug plasma concentrations and focused on immunodepression, skin androgenisation, disruption of gluconeogenesis and reproductive performance. We showed that internal exposure dynamics and chemical-specific properties influence the development of qAOPs and their predictive power. Comparing the effects of two different glucocorticoids, we highlight how relatively similar in vitro hazard-based indicators can lead to different in vivo risk. This discrepancy can be predicted by their different uptake potential, pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) profiles. We recommend that the development phase of qAOPs should include the application of species-specific uptake and physiologically-based PK/PD models. This integration will significantly enhance the predictive power, enabling a more accurate assessment of the risk and the reliable transferability of qAOPs across chemicals.
Keywords: Ecophysiology; Environmental sciences; Physiology; dept.che

Brief Report: Bullying and Anxiety in High-Functioning Adolescents with ASD - van Schalkwyk, Gerrit; Smith, Isaac C.; Silverman, Wendy K.; Volkmar, Fred R. (Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018)
Youth with ASD are more likely to experience bullying than their typically developing peers. This risk has not been studied in youth with ASD transitioning to college. We examined the occurrence of bullying in 35 high functioning youth with ASD who were preparing to attend college. We also examined youth anxiety and ASD symptoms. Fifty-one percent of the sample reported being recent victims of bullying; 31% of parents reported their child was a victim of bullying. Parent report of bullying correlated significantly with ratings of youth social anxiety symptoms. These findings suggest that bullying is an issue of concern for higher functioning, older adolescents with ASD, and that their own reports may be particularly important in identifying its occurrence.
Keywords: Anxiety; Autism spectrum disorder; Bullying; Postsecondary education; dept.sed

Preface: Special Issue—College Experiences for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder - Jackson, Scott L. J.; Hart, Logan; Volkmar, Fred R. (Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018)
Keywords: dept.aa; dept.sed

Educational Professionals’ Decision Making for Professional Growth using a Case of Twitter Adoption - Tucker, Lauren (TechTrends, 2019)
This paper is a report of an examination of educational professionals’ perspectives on their decision processes to use a Twitter personal learning network (PLN). When investigating each of the participants’ decision-making processes to accept or reject the use of a Twitter PLN, the externally supported individualized learning experience was integral to the educational professionals’ active decision to adopt the new tool. The five major findings revealed external stimulus and support is (1) vital to address pre-existing attitudes and beliefs, (2) to target the acquisition of technical and implementation knowledge, and (3) to encourage continued exposure, interaction, and exploration. The final two findings focus on the (4) interaction with a social learning community supports decision making and informal learning, and (5) personal experimentation and exploration of a Twitter PLN allows educational professionals to build their professional network, quickly access high quality information, and read educational material. Educational professionals’ informal learning activities were also revealed while using their PLN. Educational professionals reported sharing information and resources with colleagues as having the most significant impact on professional practice. In addition to interviews, the nature of the Twitter platform provided valuable evidence of informal learning activities. These activities reflected in the educational professionals’ tweets included: reading educational subject matter, reflection and collaboration. Also, a new category: Resource Collection was created to reflect the second most popular activity on educational professionals’ Twitter PLN.
Keywords: Decision Making; Digital Education and Educational Technology; Informal Learning; Personal Learning Network (PLN); Professional Growth; Social Media; Twitter; dept.sed

Food systems in correctional settings: a literature review and case study - Smoyer, Amy B.; Kjær Minke, Linda (World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe, 2015)
Food is a central component of life in correctional institutions and plays a critical role in the physical and mental health of incarcerated people and the construction of prisoners’ identities and relationships. An understanding of the role of food in correctional settings and effective management of food systems may improve outcomes for incarcerated people and help correctional administrators to maximize the health and safety of individuals in these institutions. This report summarizes existing research about food systems in correctional settings and provides examples of food programmes in prison and remand facilities, including a case study of food-related innovation in the Danish correctional system. Specific conclusions are offered for policy-makers, administrators of correctional institutions and prison food services professionals,and ideas for future research are proposed.
Keywords: dept.swk

Seeing Through the Eyes of the Other Using Process Recordings - Schneider, Dana A.; Rodriguez-Keyes, Elizabeth; Keenan, Elizabeth King (Clinical Supervision Activities for Increasing Competence and Self-Awareness, 2014)
This chapter describes a two-step process including videotaping and process-recording activities to facilitate self-awareness and the expression of empathy and acceptance toward other points of view. These activities are designed for beginning student clinicians who are currently completing their coursework and their first clinical internship. The first step of videotaping helps clinicians become more aware of their inner thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and personal values. This first step also helps participating clinicians become more aware of their nonverbal communication with clients, helping them assess how their internal experiences of empathy and acceptance match what is being conveyed nonverbally to their clients. The second step of the activity, process recording, helps clinicians reflect on their ability to use self-awareness to analyze their inner experiences and their outer expressions of empathy and acceptance (both verbal and nonverbal) while still being attuned to their clients' communication.
Keywords: dept.swk; nonverbal communication; process-recording activities; self-awareness; videotaping

Group Work Around the Globe: Creating transformative connections in challenging times - Wilkins, Christine; Doel, Mark; Skolnik, Sari; Genke, John; Gardella, Lorrie Greenhouse (Whiting & Birch Ltd, 2018)
Proceedings of the XXXVIII and XXXIX International Symposium of the International Association for Social Work with Groups, New York City, New York, USA, June 15-18, 2016 and June 7-10 2017
Keywords: dept.swk

Coffee Cup - Gardella, Lorrie Greenhouse (Social Work in 42 Objects (and More), 2017)
Can the story of social work be told through Objects? Might a collection of objects be more illuminating than a formal text book or a dry definition? In this engaging, photographic book, Mark Doel curates a collection of 127 objects contributed by people from around the globe to evoke a sense of social work - past, present and future. Written as a Guide to an Exhibition of Social Work, this is the ideal book to introduce social work to newcomers, and to entertain those with long experience of the profession. The objects are presented by a diverse group of people with different perspectives on social work, but with a common imagination.--From publisher.
Keywords: Political Science / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare; Social Science / Social Work; dept.swk

Introduction to Klaus-Martin Ellerbrock, Theses on Working with Refugees in Germany: Considering the Experiences of Louis Lowy - Gardella, Lorrie Greenhouse (Group Work Around the Globe: Creating transformative connections in challenging times, 2018)
Proceedings of the XXXVIII and XXXIX International Symposium of the International Association for Social Work with Groups, New York City, New York, USA, June 15-18, 2016 and June 7-10 2017
Keywords: dept.swk

Introduction to Olga Derkachova, Children of War: Exploring the Trauma of War through Collective Creative Writing in Literary Workshops - Gardella, Lorrie Greenhouse (Group Work Around the Globe: Creating transformative connections in challenging times, 2018)
Proceedings of the XXXVIII and XXXIX International Symposium of the International Association for Social Work with Groups, New York City, New York, USA, June 15-18, 2016 and June 7-10 2017
Keywords: dept.swk

Migration and HIV among Asian Populations: Social Work interventions - Sen, S; Aguilar, Jemel (Migrant Workers: Social Identity, Occupational Challenges and Health Practices, 2016)
Worldwide labor migration has transformed and reshaped various fields of government policy and professional practices. Labor migration is associated with the non-economic social phenomena that scholars have increasingly paid attention to in both sending and receiving destinations. For practitioners in the field of education, medicine, nursing, social work, mental health, public health, and other professional practices, the human face of labor migration migrant workers and their families daily challenges often reveals the human cost of migration behind the image of economic gain and benefits. Migrant workers and their families are facing vexing challenges ranging from basic needs to psychosocial well-being, despite who they are and where they come from. Traditional ways of thinking and knowing cannot address these challenges adequately; rather, established divisions of professions, systems, disciplines, and/or areas of practice might just be the factor that constrains the ability to clearly articulate compelling problems and adds an additional layer of complexity to problem solving. This book focuses on country policies and practices, and draws on theoretical ideas that provide the intellectual basis. In addition, it offers vivid examples of how migrant workers manage to work, pursue economic security, strive and adjust in new communities, define and negotiate self and identity, and seek health and well-being. While the book illuminates shared challenges and experiences for each group of migrant workers (i.e. low-skilled workers, internal migrants and other types of migrating laborers), it also synthesises the intersectionality across all migrant workers, as they remain committed to bettering the lives of their families and communities in their origin countries as well as new host countries and communities. This volume reflects the efforts of interdisciplinary research and collaboration
Keywords: dept.swk

Writing Wisdom, Reviewing Identity: Positive Outcomes of Participating in a Memoir Course for Older Adults - Bivona, Marissa A.; Kahlbaugh, Patricia E.; Budnick, Christopher J. (The International Journal of Reminiscence and Life Review, 2020)
Constructing a personal narrative and consolidating identity is an ongoing process that becomes pressing in the face of mortality. The current pilot study examined the process of life review in a sample of older people, specifically examining the effects of participation in a memoir course on wisdom, identity, and well-being. We hypothesized that wisdom, identity fidelity and coherence, and subjective well-being would increase for those in the memoir group compared to a control. Eighteen elderly individuals from two senior retirement communities were randomly assigned to participate in weekly classes, for four weeks, either to work on a memoir or discuss films (control group). After engaging in the process of organizing their life story and writing about important memories, the nine individuals in the memoir group scored significantly higher on self-report measures of wise reminiscence, identity fidelity, and subjective well-being compared to those in the control group. Furthermore, exploratory analyses found that wise reminiscence statistically mediated relationships between the memoir condition and the outcome measures of identity fidelity, identity coherence, and subjective well-being. These findings point to the benefits of memoir writing for positive aging as well as potential mechanisms underlying its effectiveness.
Keywords: Identity; Life Review; Narrative; Subjective Well-Being; Wisdom; dept.psy

Turning molehills into mountains: Sleepiness increases workplace interpretive bias - Barber, Larissa K.; Budnick, Christopher J. (Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2015)
Three studies draw from evolutionary theory to assess whether sleepiness increases interpretive biases in workplace social judgments. Study 1 established a relationship between sleepiness and interpretive bias using ambiguous interpersonal scenarios from a measure commonly used in personnel selection (N = 148). Study 2 explored the boundary conditions of the sleepiness–interpretive bias link via an experimental online field survey of U.S. adults (N = 433). Sleepiness increased interpretive bias when social threats were clearly present (unfair workplace) but did not affect bias in the absence of threat (fair workplace). Study 3 replicated and extended findings from the previous two studies using objective measures of sleep loss and a quasi-experimental manipulation of minor sleep loss (N = 175). Negative affect, ego depletion, or personality variables did not influence the observed relationships. Overall, results suggest that a self-protection/evolutionary perspective best explains the effects of sleepiness on workplace interpretive biases. These studies advance the current research on sleep in organizations by adding a cognitive “threat interpretation” bias approach to past work examining the emotional reaction/behavioral side of sleep disruption. Interpretive biases due to sleepiness may have significant implications for employee health and counterproductive behavior. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Keywords: Conditional Reasoning Test of Aggression; dept.psy; fairness; interpretive bias; sleep; work perceptions

Carving a Space for Elite Republicanism: Hierarchy, Deference and Paternalism in American Political Development - O'Hara, Jonathan (Europolis, Journal Of Political Science And Theory, 2010)
The present article is a review of the American Political Development literature dealing with the issue of national administrative politics and development in late nineteenth century American history. Particular attention is paid to the ways in which historical institutionalists discount the importance of elite republican ideology as an explanation of national administrative growth. Attention is also paid to the ways in which sociological institutionalists view republicanism as a viable ideological alternative only for far flung and marginalized social interest groups. The article argues for studying the ideology also in terms of its elitist tradition and the tradition’s application to national administrative politics and development in the American context, emphasizing categories of hierarchy, deference and paternalism. As a review of seminal works related to the research program of American Political Development, this article is of particular use to those studying American development at the turn of the twentieth century.
Keywords: American politics; United States; dept.psc; elitism; ideology; republicanism

Calvin Coolidge - Hopper, Jennifer (Hatred of America's Presidents: Personal Attacks on the White House from Washington to Trump, 2018)
This work examines expressions of personal hostility and animosity toward presidents―even beloved ones―throughout American history and their impact on policymaking, politics, and culture.People involved or simply interested in politics often ask whether today's political environment is more toxic than ever before. Hatred of America's Presidents: Personal Attacks on the White House from Washington to Trump presents an impartial and authoritative history of invective toward the White House so readers can determine the answer for themselves.The book focuses on the most representative and commonplace attacks of a vitriolic and personal nature, detailing who instigated and trafficked in the attacks and how presidents, administrations, and political parties defended themselves. It also illustrates how honest disagreements about policy―such as FDR's New Deal, Ronald Reagan's Central America policies, George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq, and Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act―fueled expressions of hatred and condemnation. Finally, the book includes perspectives from both the right and the left on the legitimacy of these attacks and the victims' defenses as well as their impact on American politics and policy.
Keywords: dept.psc

James Buchanan - Hopper, Jennifer (Hatred of America's Presidents: Personal Attacks on the White House from Washington to Trump, 2018)
This work examines expressions of personal hostility and animosity toward presidents―even beloved ones―throughout American history and their impact on policymaking, politics, and culture.People involved or simply interested in politics often ask whether today's political environment is more toxic than ever before. Hatred of America's Presidents: Personal Attacks on the White House from Washington to Trump presents an impartial and authoritative history of invective toward the White House so readers can determine the answer for themselves.The book focuses on the most representative and commonplace attacks of a vitriolic and personal nature, detailing who instigated and trafficked in the attacks and how presidents, administrations, and political parties defended themselves. It also illustrates how honest disagreements about policy―such as FDR's New Deal, Ronald Reagan's Central America policies, George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq, and Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act―fueled expressions of hatred and condemnation. Finally, the book includes perspectives from both the right and the left on the legitimacy of these attacks and the victims' defenses as well as their impact on American politics and policy.
Keywords: dept.psc

Same-sex Marriage - Hooper, Jennifer (Encyclopedia of the American Presidency, 2017)
The most up-to-date reference of its kind, Encyclopedia of the American Presidency, Third Edition is the definitive guide to the role of the president from the American Revolution through the present day.
Keywords: dept.psc

Campaign Finance - Hooper, Jennifer (Encyclopedia of the American Presidency, 2017)
The most up-to-date reference of its kind, Encyclopedia of the American Presidency, Third Edition is the definitive guide to the role of the president from the American Revolution through the present day.
Keywords: dept.psc

War on Terror - Hooper, Jennifer (Encyclopedia of the American Presidency, 2017)
The most up-to-date reference of its kind, Encyclopedia of the American Presidency, Third Edition is the definitive guide to the role of the president from the American Revolution through the present day.
Keywords: dept.psc

Affordable Care Act - Hooper, Jennifer (Encyclopedia of the American Presidency, 2017)
The most up-to-date reference of its kind, Encyclopedia of the American Presidency, Third Edition is the definitive guide to the role of the president from the American Revolution through the present day.
Keywords: dept.psc

Diplomatic Amateurs or Qualified Professionals? Profiling the American Ambassador - Calin, Costel; Fitzpatrick, Kathy R. (White House Studies, 2013)
Are U.S. ambassadors qualified to lead America’s diplomatic missions abroad? This age-old question—often raised but seldom seriously considered by diplomacy scholars— is the focus of this study, which examined the professional credentials of American ambassadors appointed by former U.S. President George W. Bush. The article explores the relationship between the professional status of U.S. ambassadors and the power status and economic importance of host countries. The results showed that preferred destinations for amateur ambassadors were mostly Western European countries and countries with which the United States has large economic exchanges. Professional ambassadors were mostly appointed to African and Asian countries and to countries that have lower trade with the United States. The vast majority of semiprofessional diplomats were appointed to the most powerful countries.
Keywords: AMERICAN ambassadors; BUSH, George W. (George Walker), 1946-; DIPLOMATIC & consular service; GOVERNMENT missions; INTERNATIONAL relations; PRESIDENTS of the United States; dept.psc