Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Charlie Kurth, Panu Pihkala
Summary: This article discusses the importance of emotions in response to ecological crises and how they contribute to our wellbeing. By focusing on eco-anxiety and analyzing a wide range of studies using methods from philosophy, emotion theory, and interdisciplinary environmental studies, the authors demonstrate how understanding anxiety in general can help develop better models of eco-anxiety. The results suggest that eco-anxiety refers to a family of distinct but related ecological emotions, and that practical eco-anxiety can be a valuable emotional response to address threats like climate change, benefiting both individuals and the planet.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Teophile Rasse, Valerie Gyselinck, Jerome Guegan
Summary: This study explores the impact of the interplay between the valence and arousal dimensions of landmarks on spatial memory. The results suggest that positive landmarks facilitate route knowledge, while high-arousal landmarks impair it. However, there was no clear effect of the landmarks' valence and arousal on survey knowledge. These findings support previous evidence and question the relevance of the dimensional approach to emotions in this type of research.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Matthew Manning, Christopher M. Fleming, Hien-Thuc Pham, Gabriel T. W. Wong
Summary: Crime has a consistent impact on public and political debates, where perceived crime has a greater influence on life satisfaction, particularly for those with higher incomes. Females are more sensitive to their perceptions of crime, while living outside major cities does not significantly affect crime perception. Efforts should be made to reduce misperceptions of crime, and public media coverage should be objective and informative to avoid exaggerating misperceptions and causing public distress.
SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Xing Li, Xinyue Lin, Fan Zhang, Yuan Tian
Summary: This study explores the effects of instructional interactions on learning outcomes and finds that different types of instructional interactions have varying predictive effects on learning satisfaction. Adjusting the relative levels of instructional interactions can improve learning outcomes to some extent, even with a constant total amount of instructional interactions. Task value and self-regulated learning mediate the relationship between instructional interactions and learning outcomes.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Lawrence H. Yang, Ohemaa B. Poku, Supriya Misra, Haitisha T. Mehta, Shathani Rampa, Marlene M. Eisenberg, Lyla S. Yang, Thi Xuan Dai Cao, Lilo I. Blank, Timothy D. Becker, Bruce G. Link, Patlo Entaile, Philip R. Opondo, Tonya Arscott-Mills, Ari R. Ho-Foster, Michael B. Blank
Summary: This study reveals that beneficial health care policies implemented in the context of gender inequality can inadvertently reinforce disadvantage among women with HIV, leading to stigma and blame towards these women. Cultural and structural interventions are needed to resist and address the unintended consequences of health care policies on stigma towards women with HIV.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Mathematical
Yu-Hua Yeh, Joel Myerson, Leonard Green
Summary: The study found that steep delay discounting is only correlated with some of the cognitive tasks evaluated, with small correlations, and is not related to Neuroticism or Conscientiousness. This suggests that steep delay discounting is not just an indicator of poor cognitive functioning or impulsiveness, but an important individual difference characteristic in itself.
PSYCHONOMIC BULLETIN & REVIEW
(2021)
Article
Business
Ana Rosado-Cubero, Teresa Freire-Rubio, Adolfo Hernandez
Summary: This paper presents the results of a study on the specific personality traits displayed by entrepreneurs. Through a survey and comparative analysis, the relevant characteristics that determine the personality traits of entrepreneurs were identified. The study found key aspects such as prior knowledge of the business, high level of initiative, open-mindedness, and coming from an entrepreneurial family environment. Significant differences were also observed between students enrolled in entrepreneur-related courses and students from other disciplines, as well as between genders in relation to these traits.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Abid Hussain, Beata Gavurova, Masood Ahmed, Muhammad Asif Khan, Jozsef Popp
Summary: This study examines the relationship between board governance, financial constraints, and corporate cash holdings and finds that financially less constrained firms hold more cash when there is effective board governance. These findings offer useful policy implications for reforming contemporary cash holding policies.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
S. K. Rayhan
Summary: This study investigated the early childhood developmental status and factors influencing it in Malda, India. The findings showed that only about 25% of children are developmentally on track in literacy-numeracy domain. The study also found that proximal factors such as home environment, mother's time, home tuition, and attending private pre-schools influenced early childhood development.
Article
Environmental Studies
Raffaella Nori, Micaela Maria Zucchelli, Massimiliano Palmiero, Laura Piccardi
Summary: This study investigated the mediating role of anxiety (spatial, trait and state) in the relationship between cognitive load and spatial navigation (egocentric and allocentric) using parallel mediation models. The results showed that anxiety partially mediated the relationship between environmental load and spatial skills, especially for egocentric and allocentric tasks. Additionally, trait anxiety mediated the relationship between environmental load and allocentric performance.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Boo Johansson, Valgeir Thorvaldsson
Summary: This study found that being female, not carrying the apolipoprotein E (APOE) e4 allele, and being a non-smoker were associated with longer survival past the age of 80. Additionally, factors such as stronger grip, better lung function, good vision, self-evaluated cognitive function, and higher social embeddedness were related to extended lifespan.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Medical Laboratory Technology
Huu-Hien Huynh, Amandine Boeuf, Jens Pfannkuche, Philipp Schuetz, Marc Thelen, Gunnar Nordin, Eline van der Hagen, Patricia Kaiser, Dagmar Kesseler, Tony Badrick, Bernard Poggi, Ulla Tiikkainen, Gareth J. Davies, Anja Kessler, Mario Plebani, Joelle Vinh, Vincent Delatour
Summary: Sepsis is a global health concern due to its high mortality and morbidity rates, and early diagnosis with the use of biomarkers like procalcitonin (PCT) is crucial for improving prognosis. However, the comparability of results from different commercially available PCT immunoassays has raised concerns, highlighting the need for commutable reference materials to enhance result comparability. This would ultimately improve the safe use of PCT in clinical settings.
CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Business
Jishun Zhou, Xiaoyu Hong
Summary: This study investigates the impact of imported goods on manufacturing upgrading. Using city-level data for China from 2003 to 2013, the results show that the expansion of imports significantly promotes the upgrading of the manufacturing industry. Parts imports, capital goods imports, and consumer goods imports have a positive association with manufacturing upgrading, while primary goods imports have a negative impact. Mechanism tests reveal that technology improvement and consumption expansion are important channels.
EMERGING MARKETS FINANCE AND TRADE
(2023)
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Sang Chul Park, Young-Sam Lee, Kyung A. Cho, Sung Young Kim, Yun-Il Lee, Seung-Rock Lee, In Kyoung Lim
Summary: Biological responsiveness refers to the ability of living organisms to adapt to changes and declines with aging. Understanding the impact of aging on signaling systems and restoring compromised responsiveness can help develop strategies for controlling aging process and treating age-related disorders.
PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Bilal Ahmed, Shagufta Zada, Liang Zhang, Shehla Najib Sidiki, Nicolas Contreras-Barraza, Alejandro Vega-Munoz, Guido Salazar-Sepulveda
Summary: This study examines the impact of customer engagement, experience, and identification on behavioral intentions in the granite sector of Pakistan. The findings show a positive and significant relationship and effect among these variables. Despite competitive options, customer service involvement remains a significant factor in behavioral intention.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Ethics
John Danaher
Article
Ethics
John Danaher
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ETHICS
(2018)
Article
Law
John Danaher
MEDICAL LAW REVIEW
(2019)
Editorial Material
Ethics
John Danaher
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOETHICS
(2019)
Article
Ethics
John Danaher
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ETHICS
(2020)
Article
Ethics
John Danaher, Steve Petersen
Summary: The concept of humans forming hivemind societies is plausible and beneficial for sentient flourishing, contrary to common fears of it being a dystopian nightmare.
Article
Economics
John Danaher
Summary: Human values vary across time and space, raising questions about the future of human values. Can we study the future of human values in an insightful and systematic way? This article makes three contributions to the debate about the future of human values.
Editorial Material
Health Care Sciences & Services
John Danaher, Sven Nyholm
CAMBRIDGE QUARTERLY OF HEALTHCARE ETHICS
(2021)
Article
Ethics
John Danaher
ETHICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
John Danaher
JOURNAL OF POSTHUMAN STUDIES-PHILOSOPHY TECHNOLOGY MEDIA
(2019)
Article
Philosophy
John Danaher
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
John Danaher
Article
Ethics
John Danaher, Sven Nyholm, Brian D. Earp
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOETHICS
(2018)
Letter
Ethics
John Danaher, Sven Nyholm, Brian D. Earp
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOETHICS
(2018)
