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Business
W. Robert Knechel, Natalia Mintchik
Summary: This study introduces the concept of fraud tolerance and validates its relationship with cultural attributes through data analysis. It finds that values and beliefs in hard work can affect fraud tolerance, and cultural attributes have diverse influences across different groups.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Jon Zabala, Susana Conejero, Aitziber Pascual, Larraitz N. Zumeta, Jose J. Pizarro, Itziar Alonso-Arbiol
Summary: The neo-Durkheimian model proposes that emotional synchrony during collective gatherings is a crucial mechanism for collective processes. This shared emotional experience leads to stronger positive emotions, explaining the beneficial psychological effects of collective participation. A study on the Basque language mobilization event (Korrika) supported this model and found that participation had indirect effects on social integration, acceptance, contribution, actualization, and empowerment through increased enjoyment, kama muta, and self-transcendent emotions. The study also revealed the long-lasting effects of participation on social integration, acceptance, and actualization through emotional synchrony even after several weeks.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Peng Cheng, Utz Roedig
Summary: Personal voice assistants (PVAs) are being increasingly used as interfaces to digital environments, but concerns regarding their security and privacy have also risen. This article provides a comprehensive survey of the state of the art in PVA security and privacy, highlighting both established areas and emerging research strands. It focuses on the challenges arising from the use of the acoustic channel and discusses attacks, countermeasures, and areas that require more attention, such as voice authentication and acoustic Denial of Service (DoS).
PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE
(2022)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Simona Grasso, Daniele Asioli, Rachel Smith
Summary: This study investigated the acceptance and perception of hybrid meat products among consumers, and found that consumers across countries prefer hybrid meat products with plant-based ingredients and nutritional claims. Hybrid meat products and plant-based meat-free alternatives were considered healthier, more ethical, and more environmentally friendly compared to meat products.
FOOD QUALITY AND PREFERENCE
(2022)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Md. Hasan Al Banna, Mohammad Hamiduzzaman, Satyajit Kundu, Tasnu Ara, Mohammad Tazrian Abid, Keith Brazendale, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Tasnim Rahman Disu, N. H. M. Rubel Mozumder, James Boadu Frimpong, Md Shafiqul Islam Khan
Summary: Poverty and health illiteracy contribute to poor adherence to nutrient-rich foods intake among children and mothers in Bangladesh. However, the relationship between adults' nutrition literacy and their demographics and personal beliefs remains unknown. This study aimed to examine the association between nutrition literacy, demographics, and personal beliefs in Bangladeshi adults.
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Javanshir Fouladvand, Amineh Ghorbani, Yasin Sari, Thomas Hoppe, Rolf Kunneke, Paulien Herder
Summary: This paper takes a comprehensive view of the energy security of community energy systems, considering dimensions such as energy price, environment, and availability. The study finds that energy communities can improve the energy security of individual households, reduce CO2 emissions, and be cost-effective in the long run. Project leadership and available subsidy amount are important factors in ensuring energy security.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Social
Rebekka Kesberg, Johannes Keller
Summary: Although genetic, social, and metaphysical determinism have similar connections in essentialist beliefs, research shows that they are largely unrelated. Personal values can influence specific types of essentialist beliefs, with conservation values associated with genetic and metaphysical determinism, and self-transcendence and self-enhancement values associated with social determinism.
PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Dominic Weinberg, Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens, Candace Currie, Katrijn Delaruelle, Maxim Dierckens, Michela Lenzi, Gill Main, Catrin Finkenauer
Summary: The study found that country-level meritocratic beliefs may moderate the association between socioeconomic status and life satisfaction, as well as psychosomatic complaints in adolescent mental health. The relationships between family affluence and perceived family wealth with adolescent mental health outcomes vary across different countries.
JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Beniamino Cislaghi, Amiya Bhatia, Emma Sofia Thonander Hallgren, Nour Horanieh, Ann M. Weber, Gary L. Darmstadt
Summary: Gender norms play a role in women's full-time employment, with variations across countries. The association between full-time employment and self-rated health varies depending on normative contexts, showing different effects in different regions. There is a general trend towards greater equality in norms and full-time employment worldwide.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Miraude Eapm Adriaensen, Danoob Dalili, Hildo Lamb, Paolo Ricci
Summary: This survey revealed variations in the use of personal protective equipment by European radiologists providing face-to-face ultrasound services. European radiologists were found to use more PPE when serving COVID-19 positive patients compared to asymptomatic patients. Many countries lack national guidelines on PPE use for healthcare professionals providing face-to-face ultrasound services.
INSIGHTS INTO IMAGING
(2022)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Malina Voicu, Ioana Ramia
Summary: The study of European Identity has become central to social sciences, focusing on EU member states' definition and measurement of European Identity. Research indicates a shared ethnic understanding of Europeanness among European residents, rather than cultural identity.
SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Irene Tilikidou, Antonia Delistavrou
Summary: This paper examines the values-beliefs-norms (VBN) model modified by climate change risk perception in France, Germany, and Spain. It investigates consumers' intentions to purchase personal and household care products containing innovative ingredients made from recycled CO2. The study finds that biospheric values have a significant and positive causal relationship with risk perception, which has the strongest impact on awareness of consequences. Awareness of consequences influences responsibility ascription, personal norms, and ultimately consumption intentions. The VBN model explains a substantial amount of the variance in consumers' intentions to buy products with green chemical ingredients in the three countries. The relationship between personal norms and consumption intentions is stronger in France and Germany compared to Spain. The paper also provides theoretical and practical implications.
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Katharina Scholze, Hanna Reich, Phyllis Passow, Christian Sander, Andreas Czaplicki, Ulrich Hegerl
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the associations between beliefs about the causes of depression and personal/perceived stigma, as well as the moderating effect of personal contact with individuals with depression. The findings revealed that lifestyle beliefs were associated with higher personal stigma, while biogenetic and psychosocial beliefs were associated with lower personal stigma. Perceived stigma was higher among those with psychosocial and lifestyle beliefs. Anti-stigma campaigns should emphasize that depression is not caused by an unfavorable lifestyle, and education about biogenetic explanatory models should be provided to the relatives of depressive patients.
Review
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Juan Fernando Balarezo, Song Wang, Karina Gomez Chavez, Akram Al-Hourani, Sithamparanathan Kandeepan
Summary: This article presents a classification approach for existing DoS/DDoS models in different networks, analyzes and compares different aspects of these attacks, and quantifies the damage caused by the attacks at various levels.
ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL-JESTECH
(2022)
Article
Sociology
Juergen Gerhards, Holger Lengfeld, Clara Dilger
Summary: A survey conducted in 13 EU member states found that the majority of EU citizens support the idea of equal rights for citizens from other EU member states and national citizens. However, significant variation was observed between countries, with cultural factors having a stronger impact on attitudes towards Europeanized equality compared to structural factors.
Article
Economics
Demetrio Panarello
Summary: The ongoing scientific debate focuses on how environmental concern develops and may decline in a population. This paper analyzes thirty years of microdata from the German Socio-Economic Panel to investigate the role of socioeconomic factors and political preferences in altering environmental perceptions in Germany. The results indicate that economic insecurity and support for right-wing political parties contribute significantly to lowering environmental concern, suggesting that policymakers should address economic insecurity to enhance citizens' environmental concern and promote pro-environmental behavior.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Economics
Demetrio Panarello, Giorgio Tassinari
Summary: This study examines the impact of mobility restrictions on the number of COVID-19 infections and deaths. By analyzing various data sources, including containment index, sanction rates, and Google's movement trends, the study finds that an increase in sanction rate and positivity rate serves as a deterrent to mobility. The study also highlights the changing dynamics of the pandemic between the first and second waves and emphasizes the need for greater interventions to save lives, despite the ongoing vaccination efforts.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Statistics & Probability
Laura Pagani, Demetrio Panarello
Summary: The project aims to promote appropriate lifestyles, increase physically active individuals, enhance the local environment, encourage physical activity and socialization, and improve the psychophysical well-being of citizens.
METRON-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STATISTICS
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Maria Carmela Aprile, Gennaro Punzo
Summary: This paper assesses consumer preferences and willingness to pay for three different environmental sustainability labels and information cues about the origin displayed on a processed food product. The findings suggest that consumer preferences for the environmental sustainability labelled product increase with proper knowledge about the meaning of the labels. The information cue about the product's domestic origin is important for all consumers, while environmental sustainability labels are more appreciated by well-educated consumers. Consumers are willing to pay more for labels with greater market penetration, regardless of certification by private or public organizations.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Gennaro Punzo, Rosalia Castellano, Emma Bruno
Summary: This study examines the factors influencing land consumption in Campania, southern Italy, and uses geographically weighted regression to analyze the variations in different municipalities. The results suggest that better local institutions are needed to guide spatial planning and achieve sustainable land management.
Article
Business
Rosalia Castellano, Gennaro Punzo, Giuseppe Scandurra, Antonio Thomas
Summary: This study proposes an interpretative framework and validates it on a sample of SMEs, finding that their choices are influenced by cultural elements and the prospect of economic advantages, while also paying attention to stakeholder solicitations. The results have policy implications for executives and insiders.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Mathematics
Massimiliano Giacalone, Demetrio Panarello
Summary: This paper conducts a nonparametric test using a model-based approach for conditional moment estimation to study the long-memory property of higher moments. By analyzing the daily returns of stocks in the S&P500 index over the past ten years, it is found that mean and skewness exhibit short memory, while variance and shape exhibit long memory. These results have significant implications for asset allocation, option pricing, and market efficiency evaluation.
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Gennaro Punzo, Mariapina Trunfio, Rosalia Castellano, Mirko Buonocore
Summary: This paper aims to establish and validate a composite indicator of sustainable tourism (SusTour-Index), which incorporates the economic, environmental and social dimensions and uses a multi-modeling approach for validation and model selection. This research contributes theoretically and methodologically to future research and practical assessments, supporting policymakers and institutions in planning and managing sustainable tourism development.
SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Andrea Gatto, Demetrio Panarello
Summary: This article highlights the key flaws in institutional data quality in the field of sustainability, development, and transition science, with a focus on energy. It examines the 2019 Eurobarometer 91.4 survey on Europeans' attitudes toward the EU energy policy and identifies several data frailties. The article proposes a set of solutions to address this issue and suggests a reform in survey administration methods.
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Economics
Demetrio Panarello, Andrea Gatto
Summary: The COVID-19 crisis has led to a reevaluation of energy transition, specifically in the EU where the Green Deal aims to achieve social goals through renewable energy and resource efficiency. However, the ongoing pandemic has affected the progress of this transition. This study examines the pre-pandemic perceptions of EU citizens regarding key factors in renewable energy transition and suggests important implications for energy policy modeling.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Maria Carmela Aprile, Gennaro Punzo
Summary: This study examines the motivations of university students in nature park conservation, an area that has not been extensively researched. The researchers used an extended version of the Theory of Planned Behaviour to analyze the factors influencing students' intentions to engage in nature park conservation. The results indicate that attitudes, perceived behavioural control, and personal moral norms directly contribute to students' intentions, while subjective norms indirectly influence intentions through other factors. The findings also suggest that students with nature-oriented altruistic values are more inclined towards nature park conservation. These findings have important implications for park management institutions in terms of raising awareness among young individuals and promoting collaboration between universities and nature park institutions.
Article
Business, Finance
Demetrio Panarello, Giorgio Tassinari
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic is not just a health crisis, but also an economic and social one. This study examines the impact of COVID-19 on older individuals in Europe, focusing on their ability to make ends meet, loss of employment, and financial support received. The results show that older individuals are more likely to struggle financially and lose their jobs, while they are less likely to receive financial support.
NATIONAL ACCOUNTING REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Demography
Giovanni Busetta, Maria Gabriella Campolo, Fabio Fiorillo, Laura Pagani, Demetrio Panarello, Valeria Augello
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerability of specific population sections, emphasizing the need for timely policy measures to counteract the fragility of the Italian economic framework. The economic downturn caused by COVID-19 could lead to a decrease in university enrollments, impacting the future of students and the education system. Evaluating anxiety levels can provide insights into individual behaviors during stressful times like the pandemic and compare them with behaviors from previous periods.
Article
Environmental Studies
Gang Tian, Ziyi Xia, Ruoxi Tian, Huaping Sun, Liping Yu, Dongyin Sun
Summary: This paper examines the cooperation between online recyclers and offline formal disposing enterprises in the e-waste recycling industry and emphasizes the importance of government regulations. The study reveals the threshold for the ratio of cooperation costs to excess benefits and the effect of government subsidies and penalties. These findings provide guidance for governments in promoting cooperation between these two types of enterprises.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Environmental Studies
Zhuoran Yan, Dongyan Wang, Wenbo Li, Zhaomin Tong, Yuanli Zhu, Feng Shen
Summary: Globally, city region food systems are facing continuous disruptions from weather, disease, and geopolitical crisis. Prioritizing peri-urban agriculture is seen as a way to enhance the resilience of these systems, but there is limited research on combating land degradation threats in peri-urban areas.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Environmental Studies
Yujiao Xian, Nan Li, Ke Wang
Summary: This study provides an innovative estimation of marginal abatement cost (MAC) for construction and hygienic ceramic enterprises in China. The results show that the average MAC for construction ceramics manufacturing is lower than that for hygienic ceramics manufacturing. Construction ceramics enterprises tend to downscale production while hygienic ceramics enterprises prefer increasing the intermediate input. Energy use efficiency positively influences MACs for both types of enterprises, while intermediate input rate, energy consumption structure, and profitability are negatively related to MAC.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Environmental Studies
Mengdi Li, Yaoping Cui, Jinwei Dong, Yaochen Qin
Summary: This study examines the impacts of abandoned cropland and impervious surface expansion on net ecosystem productivity (NEP) in China. The findings suggest that abandoned cropland plays a crucial role in enhancing natural carbon sinks, while impervious surface expansion contributes significantly to carbon sources.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Environmental Studies
Yaxian Wang, Xiaoyu Wang, Tomas Balezentis, Haijun Wang
Summary: This paper constructs a model covering finance and energy consumption to analyze the impact of financial development and energy consumption on CO2 emission changes in China. The results indicate that energy structure and carbon factor remain the principal drivers for CO2 emission growth.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Environmental Studies
Yongqi Hou, Chongxian Chen, Xiaoling Lin, Zhitong Zhang, Xinyi Liu, Jiehang Xie, Shaoping Guan
Summary: This study explores how different types of street environments influence people's COVID-19 risk perception. The results showed that openness was the most important influencing factor, while visual crowdedness was the least important one. High-value clusters of COVID-19 risk perception were mainly found in poor-quality commercial streets, residential streets, and leisure streets close to the plaza, while low-value aggregations were mainly found in high-quality commercial streets, residential streets, and leisure streets close to blue space. The importance of environmental factors varied greatly by location.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Environmental Studies
Wenbo Hu, Zhuofan Li, Danling Chen, Ziyang Zhu, Xiaotao Peng, Yanbing Liu, Dongming Liao, Ke Zhao
Summary: This paper explores the impact of collaborative innovation on the gap in urban land green use efficiency (ULGUE) between cities, and proposes a theoretical framework. Through an analysis of a sample of 19 urban agglomerations in China, the study finds that collaborative innovation can significantly reduce the gap in ULGUE within urban agglomerations, exhibiting a double-threshold effect. Government intervention can mitigate the effects of collaborative innovation on the inter-city ULGUE gap.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Environmental Studies
Shufei Huang, Jianping Ge
Summary: ESG disclosures are crucial for companies in terms of their legal operations, capital cost reduction, investment expansion, and especially for mining companies due to their vulnerability to significant ecological and social impacts. The study evaluates the quantity and quality of mining companies' ESG disclosures using panel data from 2011 to 2020. The results indicate improvements in both the quantity and quality of ESG disclosures. Developed countries have higher average scores and disclosure ratios for ESG indicators compared to developing countries, with the largest gap observed in the environmental indicators. There is a stronger correlation between ESG disclosure quality and market value for mining companies in developed countries.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Environmental Studies
Nuno Silva, Jose Alberto Fuinhas, Matheus Koengkan, Emad Kazemzadeh
Summary: This study uses fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis to identify causal conditions for high or low environmental performance (EPI). The findings suggest that there are multiple paths to improve environmental performance, contingent on the country's initial environmental development level.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Environmental Studies
Yu Gao, Jiayuan Wang, Tak Wing Yiu
Summary: Prefabricated buildings have attracted significant attention in the global construction sector for their potential in reducing construction time, improving process efficiency, saving resources, and mitigating pollution. Research in China shows that GHG emissions in the production, transportation, and construction stages of prefabricated buildings are primarily concentrated in the production phase, accounting for 96.11% of total emissions. Choosing prefabricated construction can lead to a 31.62% reduction in total GHG emissions per square meter.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Environmental Studies
Ching-Hsuan Huang, Edmund Seto
Summary: Transportation noise, especially aviation, road, and railway traffic noise, is a major source of annoyance in communities across the United States. This study estimated the population highly annoyed by transportation noise using a spatially resolved model and established exposure-response functions. The results showed disparities in noise exposure and annoyance among different race/ethnicity groups, with non-White populations being more highly annoyed. Targeted source-specific noise mitigation strategies and policies are needed to minimize the disproportionate impact of transportation noise in the US.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Environmental Studies
Delphin Kamanda Espoir, Regret Sunge, Tii Nchofoung, Andrew Adewale Alola
Summary: Africa faces challenges in terms of socioeconomics and security, which are connected to the continent's natural capital. This study examines the drivers of ecological footprint (EFP) in Africa using panel data from 39 countries between 1996 and 2018. Various factors, such as the economy, globalization, governance, energy, and socioeconomic aspects, are considered. Machine learning algorithms and regression techniques are employed to determine the important drivers and their marginal effects on EFP. The findings provide insights for policymakers and environmentalists in Africa.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Environmental Studies
Alvaro Enriquez-de-Salamanca
Summary: The effectiveness of mitigation measures in environmental impact assessment (EIA) is uncertain and may lead to undesired effects, affecting the assessment of residual impacts. Overestimating mitigation effectiveness distorts decision-making, emphasizing the need for information and environmental follow-up.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Environmental Studies
Jon Morant, Eneko Arrondo, Jose Antonio Sanchez-Zapata, Jose Antonio Donazar, Antoni Margalida, Martina Carrete, Guillermo Blanco, Francisco Guil, David Serrano, Juan Manuel Perez-Garcia
Summary: The demand for renewable energy has led to the development of wind farms worldwide. This study used GPS-tracking data of griffon vultures in Spain to evaluate factors influencing vulnerability and exposure to collision risks. The results showed that food availability, distance to nesting areas, and the presence of conspecifics affected the vulnerability and exposure of vultures. The study emphasized the need to reduce mapping uncertainties and plan wind energy development spatially to ensure the safety of vulnerable species.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Environmental Studies
Yating Dai, Yuze Ding, Shuya Fu, Lixin Zhang, Jian Cheng, Daolin Zhu
Summary: Natural capital plays a vital role in achieving sustainable socio-economic objectives, but its impact varies depending on the level of development and socio-economic conditions.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2024)
