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Medicine, General & Internal
Manuel Herrero-Montes, Cesar Fernandez-de-las-Penas, Diego Ferrer-Pargada, Sheila Izquierdo-Cuervo, Beatriz Abascal-Bolado, Juan Antonio Valera-Calero, Paula Paras-Bravo
Summary: A study investigated variables associated with kinesiophobia in COVID-19 survivors with post-COVID pain. It found that anxiety, depression, sleep quality, catastrophism, and sensitization-associated symptoms were positively associated with kinesiophobia. Catastrophism and sensitization-associated symptoms were predictive factors for kinesiophobia, highlighting the importance of identifying high-risk patients for better therapeutic strategies.
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Orthopedics
Ana Flavia Balotari Botta, Julia de Cassia Pinto da Silva, Helder dos Santos Lopes, Michelle C. Boling, Ronaldo Valdir Briani, Fabio Micolis de Azevedo
Summary: This study compared the psychological and pain processing factors between women and men with and without patellofemoral pain (PFP) and investigated their correlation with clinical outcomes. The results showed differences in these factors between people with and without PFP and between sexes. The correlations between psychological and pain processing factors with clinical outcomes also differed among women and men with PFP.
BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
(2023)
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Environmental Studies
Olga Vincent
Summary: This paper critically examines how capitalist, alternative capitalist and non-capitalist ontologies and relations are negotiated in a hybrid makerspace. It sheds light on the coexistence and conflicts between capitalist, alternative capitalist and non-capitalist ontologies of sustainability-oriented makers in a hybrid makerspace. The study provides a new perspective for the research in diverse economies literature.
ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING A-ECONOMY AND SPACE
(2023)
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Environmental Studies
Yu Zhang, Yanying Mao, Liudan Jiao, Chenyang Shuai, Heshan Zhang
Summary: Research has shown that countries with high levels of economic development perform better in terms of eco-efficiency, eco-technology innovation and eco-well-being performance, while the overall global 3E performance is relatively low.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2021)
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Economics
Ilias Alami, Adam D. Dixon
Summary: State enterprises, sovereign funds, and other state-capital hybrids have become major drivers of global capitalism, adopting the strategies and practices of private-sector entities and leveraging the financial system to expand their global operations. This article proposes an explanatory model grounded in historic-geographic materialism and economic geographies of the firm to understand the rise and transformation of these organizations.
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
(2022)
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Orthopedics
Roberto Ucero-Lozano, Jose Antonio Lopez-Pina, Alba Ortiz-Perez, Ruben Cuesta-Barriuso
Summary: Adult patients with hemophilia have a lower perceived quality of life compared to the Spanish population, influenced by factors such as pain, kinesiophobia, catastrophism, severity of hemophilia, and the use of pain-control medication.
BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
(2021)
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Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Robert Fletcher, Asuncion Blanco-Romero, Macia Blazquez-Salom, Ernest Canada, Ivan Murray Mas, Filka Sekulova
Summary: The potential to identify and cultivate post-capitalist forms in tourism development has not been thoroughly explored in current research. While calls for sustainable tourism development have been made, the problems associated with conventional tourism development continue to persist and have been magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic. This critique argues that the incessant growth of the tourism industry, intrinsic to capitalist development, needs to be addressed through post-capitalist practices aiming to socialize the industry. However, there has been a lack of systematic research exploring what post-capitalist tourism might look like or how to achieve it.
TOURISM GEOGRAPHIES
(2023)
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Communication
Thomas Patrick Pringle
Summary: This article revisits arguments in new media studies regarding antecedent models of peer-production established by the Whole Earth Catalog and publications from the appropriate technology (AT) movement in networked media communication. By examining the agricultural pedagogy of back-to-the-land and rural developmental print-based communication networks, the article focuses on the Environmental and Development Agency (EDA), a group of White South African environmentalists, and their production of humanitarian AT manuals during the apartheid era. Drawing on archival materials and Stuart Hall's theoretical response, the study argues that EDA's print-based media communication network foreshadowed peer-production and offers insights for contemporary critiques of digital agriculture in postcolonial contexts.
NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Christian Spreafico, Daniele Landi
Summary: This study collects and discusses the misperceptions about eco-design that emerged from a group of students while applying common eco-design methods. The study defines eco-misperceptions as erroneous interpretations of the novice eco-designers about the environmental sustainability of design solutions, and shows that these misperceptions are related to practical application and other aspects.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
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Business
Robert V. Kozinets
Summary: This article examines the relationship between utopia, consumer culture, and social media, exploring how social media discourse on utopianism challenges capitalism and what this means for contemporary consumer activism. The study uses netnographic data from YouTube to analyze various aspects of utopian discourses and reveals worshipful attitudes towards charismatic utopian entrepreneurs and their visions. Utopian discourse on social media is seen as a form of clicktivism, but also as a significant social phenomenon that showcases diverse forms of online political participation.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2021)
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Economics
Rui Lin, Peggy Wang
Summary: Eco-driving is an effective strategy for reducing fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector. This study aimed to understand the factors influencing drivers' intentions to practice eco-driving and their acceptance of eco-driving technology. A theoretical model was built using a combination of the Theory of Planned Behavior, the Technology Acceptance Model, and Goal Framing. The results showed that drivers' intention to practice eco-driving had an indirect effect on their intention to utilize the system through the perceived ease of use. Electric vehicle drivers demonstrated a better understanding of eco-driving compared to internal combustion engine vehicle drivers. The study provides valuable insights for researchers, manufacturers, and policy-makers to promote eco-driving and increase drivers' acceptance of eco-driving systems.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE
(2022)
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Economics
Marco Ranaldi, Branko Milanovic
Summary: This paper investigates the relationship between compositional inequality and inter-personal income inequality, and provides evidence through a new methodology and data. The research finds that higher compositional inequality is associated with higher inter-personal income inequality, with Latin American countries and India serving as clear examples. Nordic countries, however, combine high compositional inequality with low inter-personal inequality, although this exceptionalism diminishes when pension income is taken into account. The analysis also shows the possibility of societies where low compositional inequality coexists with high income inequality, with China and the United States being the closest to that position.
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS
(2022)
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Urban Studies
Stuart Paul Denoon-Stevens, Lauren Andres, Verna Nel, Phil Jones
Summary: This paper discusses the successes and failures of post-apartheid planning reform in South Africa, with a focus on the perception of success in planning legislation reform but the failure to achieve spatial transformation. Various reasons for the failures were identified, including political interference, weak planning tools, lack of capacity, and planners' deficiency in key skills.
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Management
Emre Nadar, Mine Su Erturk
Summary: The study explored the impact of eco-label certifiers in a two-stage game, finding that under specific conditions multi-grade eco-labels may be more beneficial than single-grade eco-labels, especially when there is asymmetry in investment costs, production costs, and supply bases.
OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2021)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Griffin J. Bell, Jabulani Ncayiyana, Ari Sholomon, Varun Goel, Khangelani Zuma, Michael Emch
Summary: There are extreme racial disparities in HIV infection in South Africa, which are a result of racist policies and segregation. The study found that segregation increases the odds of HIV infection among Black South Africans, even after adjusting for other covariates. Additionally, the odds ratio for HIV infection varies across different racial groups.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2022)
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Geography
Kate Parizeau
Summary: This Forum piece discusses the framing of temporary migrant workers as a solution to food loss and waste in Canada's agri-food industry. It highlights the limitations and violations associated with temporary migration programs, which have been criticized as neo-colonial tools of the Canadian state. The emergence of food loss and waste as an environmental issue is still in flux. The author argues that framing migrant workers as a solution to food waste reinforces exploitative labor systems and raises ethical concerns.
