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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Alma Delia Roman-Gutierrez, Danae Duana-Avila, Juan Hernandez-Avila, Eduardo Cerecedo-Saenz, Eleazar Salinas-Rodriguez, Adriana Rojas-Leon, Patricia Lopez Perea
Summary: The main objective of this work is to support the use of sustainable solutions for managing and reusing agricultural waste from cereal harvest. Different proportions of cellulose obtained from straw residues were used to make sheets of artisan paper. The physical and mechanical properties of the sheets were adequate, and the straw played a supporting role. IR and X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed the efficiency and effectiveness of the paper materials.
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Psychology, Biological
Sean J. Taylor, Lev Muchnik, Madhav Kumar, Sinan Aral
Summary: Leveraging data from a longitudinal field experiment, Taylor and colleagues found that identity cues have significant effects on people's opinions and interactions with online content, supporting the rich-get-richer dynamic. The results show that identity cues lead to faster voting and voting based on content producers' reputation and production history. These findings have important implications for understanding status evolution in online communities and improving content quality.
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
(2023)
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Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Yanbing Luo, Xiujuan Zhang
Summary: This study evaluated the effects of traditional yellow botanical sources of dyes on the properties of traditional handmade paper. The results showed improvements in the mechanical properties of paper specimens after treatment with plant dyes, with different colorants' main components impacting the stability of the paper.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Maria Cristina Yunes, Zimbabwe Osorio-Santos, Marina A. G. von Keyserlingk, Maria Jose Hotzel
Summary: Acceptance of gene editing is low and depends heavily on the application proposed, with support declining when it is perceived to harm animal welfare, be profit driven, or reinforce intensive livestock systems. Uneven distribution of risks and benefits among consumers, corporations, farmers, and animals also reduces acceptability. Interviewees do not view gene editing as a natural process due to high human interference and acceleration of natural processes.
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Physics, Multidisciplinary
Giulia Cencetti, Diego Andres Contreras, Marco Mancastroppa, Alain Barrat
Summary: Contagion processes on networks can be described as simple or complex contagion, but it is difficult to determine the underlying mechanism based on empirical data. We propose a strategy to distinguish between these mechanisms by observing the order of node infection and its correlation with local topology. Our results enhance understanding of contagion processes and offer a method to differentiate between different contagion mechanisms with limited information.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2023)
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Business, Finance
Renee Fry-McKibbin, Matthew Greenwood-Nimmo, Cody Yu-Ling Hsiao, Lin Qi
Summary: The study reveals evidence of contagion in global equity markets during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly after the official announcement. This suggests potential implications for portfolio diversification, risk management, and financial stability.
FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
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Psychology, Clinical
Gengxuan Guo, Yu Jia, Wenlong Mu, Tao Wang
Summary: Previous research on service-oriented organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) has focused on its driving factors and overlooked its consequences in the workplace. This study constructs a double-edged sword model by shifting the focus to event observers, explaining whether, when, and why coworkers' service-oriented OCB is contagious.
PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT
(2022)
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Business, Finance
David Iheke Okorie, Boqiang Lin
Summary: This article investigates the fractal contagion effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the stock markets, confirming its presence but also noting that it diminishes over time, reducing its impact on stock market returns and volatility in the medium to long term.
FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
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Business, Finance
Shaen Corbet, John W. Goodell
Summary: Little research has been conducted on the spreading of investor attention outcomes between firms through partial ownership without additional business or industry linkages. This study takes advantage of the recent Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack to demonstrate how reputational contagion occurs between impacted firms and their competitors that have significant ownership with the impacted firm.
FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Robert Palovics, Primoz Dolenc, Jure Leskovec
Summary: This paper examines the impact of shocks in production networks using a dataset from Slovenian companies post-2008 financial crisis. The study finds that both shock and stress are related to future bankruptcies, with stress primarily affecting customer sales. Additionally, stress leads to production network reconfiguration, as stressed companies actively seek new trading partners within the same industry.
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Economics
Jakub Sokolowski
Summary: Peer effects are crucial in the adoption of residential rooftop photovoltaic systems in Poland. Panel econometric analysis demonstrates that adding one installation in the previous month increases the likelihood of new PV adoption in the same area by an average of 0.06 percentage points. This finding has important policy implications for promoting clean energy sources.
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Business
Jiaqi (Flora) Song, Dongjin He, Yuwei Jiang
Summary: This research examines consumer reactions to handcrafted products under control deprivation. Four studies reveal a negative handmade effect for consumers under control deprivation. Psychological ownership of handcrafted products cannot restore consumers' sense of personal control. This effect is mitigated when consumers can customize the product. This research contributes to understanding the negative handmade effect and the role of personal control in consumer behavior.
PSYCHOLOGY & MARKETING
(2023)
Article
Business, Finance
Jaliyyah Bello, Jiaqi Guo, Mohammad Khaleq Newaz
Summary: This study examines financial contagion effects in African stock markets during major crises from 2005 to 2020. The findings indicate that contagion effects exist in some individual markets, but significant regional contagion evidence is found only during the global financial crisis.
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ana da Silva Pinho, Lucas Molleman, Barbara R. Braams, Wouter van den Bos
Summary: Personal norms are shaped by the norms of the majority and popular peers in adolescents' social networks. Observing peer norms significantly impacts adolescents' normative evaluation of risk-taking and prosocial behaviors, with majority norms having a stronger influence than individual popular peer norms.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
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Business, Finance
Shaen Corbet, Yang Hou, Yang Hu, Brian Lucey, Les Oxley
Summary: During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and financial market collapse, some companies shared a corporate identity with the rapidly evolving coronavirus, leading to new correlations beyond existing relationships. The study highlights unforeseen contagion risks and dynamic interrelationships among companies related to the term 'corona'.
FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
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Behavioral Sciences
Hugues Piloquet, Benoit Berge, Pascal Maigret, Veronique Hospital
Summary: This study aimed to explore the effects of environmental factors on eating behavior and food intake in toddlers. The results showed that food fussiness was more common in older children, children conceived with medical assistance, children exposed to distractions during meals, rewarded by parents to finish meals, free to eat at will, and those who ate only occasionally with the whole family. Unsatisfactory dietary diversification was not significantly associated with any variable.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Victoria Norton, Julie A. Lovegrove, Marcus Tindall, Julia Rodriguez Garcia, Stella Lignou
Summary: The UK's aging population requires promotion of balanced nutrition, with a particular focus on increasing dietary fiber intake. Surveys involving older adults showed their willingness to learn about dietary fiber and the need for accessible information. Educational materials proved effective in engaging older adults and were perceived as useful. A holistic approach, involving support from various sources, can aid in improving dietary fiber consumption and overall health outcomes among older adults.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Gary J. Farkas, Paige M. Cunningham, Alicia M. Sneij, John E. Hayes, Mark S. Nash, Arthur S. Berg, David R. Gater, Barbara J. Rolls
Summary: Overeating associated with neurogenic obesity after spinal cord injury (SCI) may be related to how persons with SCI experience satiation, their eating frequency, and the context in which they eat their meals. Those with SCI rely less on physiological satiation cues for meal termination and instead rely more on hedonic cues. There are differences in meal contexts and eating frequency between SCI individuals and controls, with SCI individuals consuming fewer meals but having a higher overall eating frequency due to increased snacking. These factors likely contribute to overeating associated with neurogenic obesity after SCI.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Shana Adise, Kerri N. Boutelle, Panteha Hayati Rezvan, Eric Kan, Kyung E. Rhee, Michael I. Goran, Elizabeth R. Sowell
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between executive functions and cognition during adolescence, and the intake of fat and sugar two years later. The study found that higher impulsivity and reward-seeking behaviors were related to greater fat and sugar intake in males, while higher negative urgency and BMI were related to greater intake in both sexes. These findings suggest that individuals with certain traits may be more at risk for weight gain due to overconsumption of unhealthy foods.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Claire Margerison, Gozde Aydin, Christel Larsson, Alison Booth, Anthony Worsley, Janandani Nanayakkara
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns resulted in changes in food accessibility and availability, leading to shifts in food habits and behaviors among people worldwide. A study conducted in Australia examined the self-reported changes in food habits and behaviors of adults during the COVID-19 restrictions in 2020. The majority of respondents reported developing positive food habits, such as trying new recipes, cooking from scratch, and reducing take-away meals. The study also found that family involvement in food preparation and eating together increased during the restrictions. However, there were negative experiences, including difficulties in purchasing certain foods and limited access to food outlets.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Betsy Cogan, Jamie A. Cooper
Summary: This study aimed to assess the effect of dietary sweetness on appetite in adults with and without obesity. The results showed that the response of ghrelin to unsweetened rinses was energy-specific for all adults, while rinses containing sucralose led to greater cephalic phase cholecystokinin release in adults with a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 kg/m(2).
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Rebecca Gregson, Jared Piazza, Heather Shaw
Summary: Recent scholarship has identified a group of individuals who self-identify as anti-vegan, and they have distinct dietarian identities and ideological profiles. Anti-vegans show higher levels of commitment to their dietary patterns compared to omnivores, and they also score higher on various ideological measures.
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Gibson Weydmann, Patricia Maidana Miguel, Nour Hakim, Laurette Dube, Patricia Pelufo Silveira, Lisiane Bizarro
Summary: This study systematically reviewed the association between obesity and overweight with reinforcement learning performance. It was found that obesity might be associated with impairments in utilizing aversive outcomes to change behavior, but further research is needed to confirm this association.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Laura Kudlek, Rebecca A. Jones, Carly Hughes, Robbie Duschinsky, Andrew Hill, Rebecca Richards, Megan Thompson, Ann Vincent, Simon J. Griffin, Amy L. Ahern
Summary: This study explored how participants of an ACT-based weight management intervention (WMI) experience emotional eating and highlighted the importance of self-awareness and alternative coping strategies in improving emotional eating. It also emphasized the need for ongoing and personalized interventions to support individuals with external locus of control and complex emotional eating experiences.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Stefanie C. Landwehr, Monika Hartmann
Summary: This study examines the influence of peers on children's snack purchasing decisions, finding that the presence of peers strongly impacts children's brand awareness and price perception, highlighting the crucial role of social influence in shaping children's decision-making processes.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Rao Yuan, Shaosheng Jin, Wenchao Wu
Summary: This study examines the interactive effects of information and consumer trust on consumer preferences for organic food. The results show that consumers are willing to pay a higher price for organic food, especially those with higher levels of trust. The introduction of information significantly increases consumers' willingness to pay, with a greater increase observed among high-trust consumers.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Oda Bjorklund, Lars Wichstrom, Clare Llewellyn, Silje Steinsbekk
Summary: This study tests the psychometric properties of the Adult Eating Behavior Questionnaire (AEBQ) in a sample of 14-year-olds and examines its construct validity using the parent-reported Children's Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ). The results show that a 7-factor solution of the AEBQ without the Hunger scale is a better fitting model, and there are small-to-moderate correlations between the AEBQ and CEBQ scales.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Alice M. Cox, Rachael W. Taylor, Jillian J. Haszard, Kathryn L. Beck, Pamela R. von Hurst, Cathryn A. Conlon, Lisa A. Te Morenga, Lisa Daniels, Jenny Mcarthur, Rebecca Paul, Neve H. McLean, Emily A. Jones, Ioanna Katiforis, Kimberley J. Brown, Madeline Gash, Madeleine Rowan, Elizabeth A. Fleming, Rosario Jupiterwala, Bailey R. Bruckner, Anne-Louise M. Heath
Summary: Although concerns are often raised about the potential impact of baby food pouch use and Baby-Led Weaning (BLW) on infant health, there is limited research in this area. This study found that frequent pouch use was associated with increased food fussiness and more selective eating, while BLW was associated with higher energy intake and a range of eating behaviors.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Briana L. Kennedy, Andrew M. Camara, Dominic M. D. Tran
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between obesity, overconsumption, and oversensitivity to rewards, and how it affects attentional biases towards food-related stimuli. The results showed that individuals with higher BMI had lower attentional priority for food and food logos, while increased consumption of HFHS foods and dieting predicted increased attentional priority for food and food logo images.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Irene Campos-Sanchez, Rocio Munoz-Sanchez, Eva-Maria Navarrete-Munoz, Maria Sofia Molina-Inigo, Miriam Hurtado-Pomares, Paula Fernandez-Pires, Alicia Sanchez-Perez, Daniel Prieto-Botella, Iris Juarez-Leal, Paula Peral-Gomez, Cristina Espinosa-Sempere, Desiree Valera-Gran
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the association between sensory reactivity and feeding problems in young children. The results showed that taste/smell sensitivity was significantly associated with difficulties in texture transition/introduction, limited variety of foods, and both feeding problems. Additionally, children with total sensory reactivity or auditory filtering sensory reactivity had a higher prevalence of consuming a limited variety of foods. These findings highlight the importance of considering sensory reactivity as a potential predictor of feeding problems.