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Corruption represents a complex problem firmly embedded within our societal structures, governments, and organizations. The current study aimed to build a clearer consensus on the extent to which perceptions of organizational corruption are associated with organizational hierarchy. Two high-powered close replications of studies 1c and 6 by Fath and Kay provide further evidence for the claim that taller organizational structures are associated with greater perceived potential for corruption, and that these perceptions may compromise subsequent trust-related outcomes. Our results reinforce the importance of organizational design and aim to inspire future works to consider the ways in which researchers and organizations can minimize corruption. Preregistration, data and materials can be found on the OSF: . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article leverages interview data from students of Chinese who enrolled at a UK university but pursued a period of study abroad in China, aiming to delve into their negotiation of language identities during their overseas experience. By employing Block's structural model in our discourse analysis, this research reveals the dynamic interplay between agency and structure, shedding light on the intricate process of language learning and identity formation. The findings underscore that structural contexts are integral to shaping students' agency, highlighting specific structural spheres that pose challenges to their development of Chinese language and multilingual identities. These spheres encompass the linguistic and cultural dominance of English as well as Chinese hospitality practices. Rooted in their habitus, participants' preconceived notions of the Chinese language and cultural aspects influence their journey, yielding either positive or negative impacts. Furthermore, participants' backgrounds and prior language learning experiences significantly contribute to their identity development. In advocating for a comprehensive approach, this study emphasises the integration of both agency and structural contexts as necessary to fully comprehend the intricate process of identity development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

University patents are a critical tool for firms seeking to gain information from universities. However, the potential of this tool is frequently constrained by ineffective communication and commercialisation strategies. University patents must be successfully advertised and disseminated to third parties to have an impact outside academia. In this scenario, inventors, universities, and technology transfer offices (TTOs) (which manage their patent portfolios) are encouraged to increase their efforts to promote and communicate patents. This article uses signalling theory to examine the key features of university patents that influence the investment or acquisition decisions of entrepreneurs and investors. Our findings can help TTOs, inventors, and universities strengthen their patent communication and commercialisation strategies, and also help third parties secure more successful university patents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recovery-oriented practice is the dominant framework for mental health services in Australia. However, evidence demonstrating recovery processes outside public services is scant. This study explores how key processes from the Connectedness, Hope, Identity, Meaning, and Empowerment (CHIME) personal recovery conceptual framework related to service-user experiences of a rural mental health service during the COVID-19 pandemic. Qualitative telephone or video-conference interviews were conducted with 19 service users. Deductive and inductive data analysis was employed, applying the CHIME framework as a predetermined organisational structure. Themes were constructed according to the CHIME framework categories. The data reflected all five categories; connectedness and empowerment were salient. Participants' service-delivery experiences could either enhance or hinder connectedness, the cultivation of hope, a positive identity, meaning in life, and empowerment. Nonclinical aspects of their experience were viewed as an extension of treatment. Opportunities exist for mental health practitioners to intentionally prioritise and strengthen recovery-oriented practice. Trauma-informed approaches are consistent with and complement personal recovery principles. Accountability structures are needed to monitor recovery-oriented practice in mental health settings. Family-focused interventions also need strengthening to build connectedness, meaning, and hope. IMPLICATIONS Recovery can be promoted and enhanced within primary care mental health services through intentional focus on the key processes. Trauma-informed principles and care are congruent with a recovery-oriented approach and support connectedness and empowerment. Social workers are well placed to lead and drive recovery-oriented practices in private settings that move beyond an individualistic focus to include holistic care and family-focused practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a longue durée account of the discursive emergence of 'the market'. It seeks to develop understanding of the 'crisis system' by showing that the crises of the present have their origins earlier than some critical realist scholars have suggested and can be better understood by the theorization of the generative mechanisms that emerged from the economic and political chaos of the early 1600s. Critical discourse analysis (CDA) is employed to show that in the context of the emergence of capitalism in England, these generative mechanisms resulted in the meaning of the word 'market' slipping loose of the geo-spatial semiotic bounds by which it had commonly been delineated – i.e. as a physical space in a town or city where goods were bartered or sold – and being re-semioticised to refer to abstract space where all acts of capitalist economic exchange, including those impacting upon the natural world, take place. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Challenging behaviours are common among children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities. Such behaviours often result in poor quality of life outcomes such as physical injury, difficulties with relationships and community integration. Aim: This systematic review aimed to synthesise evidence from studies that assessed the effect of interventions used to reduce/manage challenging behaviour among children with intellectual disabilities in community settings. Methods: Studies published between January 2015 and January 2021 were sought from five electronic databases. The quality of studies was assessed, and a narrative synthesis was conducted. Results: A total of 11 studies were included which utilised various non-pharmacological interventions including multi-model interventions, microswitch technology, cognitive behavioural therapy, art, music and illustrated stories. Microswitch cluster technology was the most used intervention. Studies using pharmacological interventions were not retrieved. Results indicated that a person-centred planning approach was key to offering individualised treatment. Conclusions: The superiority of one intervention or a combination of interventions could not be determined from this review given the heterogeneity of studies. Future research is required to explore the use and effects of pharmacological interventions to compare outcomes and improve quality of care of children with intellectual disabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This doctoral research addressed the dearth of research focussed on childminding in Ireland, despite its significant role in national childcare provision. One overarching aim was to explore childminders' pedagogy. The research was conducted within the theoretical framework of Ecocultural Theory (ECT) against the backdrop of Irish Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) policy on the eve of mandatory regulation of childminding. A mixed method approach was adopted, using the Ecocultural Family Interview for Childminders (EFICh) , including participants' photographs, a case study survey, researcher field notes and holistic ratings. (Tonyan, Holli A. 2017. "Opportunities to Practice What Is Locally Valued: An Ecocultural Perspective on Quality in Family Child Care." Early Education and Development 28: 727–744. doi:). The research documents a previously unidentified cultural model of pedagogy among childminders, Real Life Learning, in which the primary goal is to explore learning opportunities presented by real life experiences as they arise. The childminder prioritises flexible, child-led, relationship-driven nurture and learning emerging from everyday experiences in enriched home and outdoor environments as well as within the local community. To engage Irish childminders into the future sustainably, any proposed system of regulation and supports should be aligned with this Real Life Learning model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Children with cerebral palsy (CP) have an increased risk of cognitive difficulties and should be offered cognitive assessments. In Sweden, the CPCog protocol recommends children with CP undergo cognitive assessments at the start of primary and secondary school. To assess children with CP can be challenging, in particular when children are non-vocal or do not speak the local language. In such instances, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and qualified medical interpreters should be considered. The purpose of this study was to monitor the implementation and equitable delivery of the CPCog protocol in Sweden between the years 2017–2020. In this cross-sectional study, registry data were extracted from the combined follow-up program and national registry for individuals with CP (CPUP), and a convenience sample of psychologists responded to an online survey. Each year, less than 5% of eligible children had registered cognitive assessments in CPUP. There was underuse of AAC during assessments and a discrepancy between the registered versus reported use of interpreters. Psychologists perceived AAC as more reliable for cognitive assessments than interpreters. Greater availability of and capacity to offer cognitive assessments in other formats and languages could help increase test accessibility for all children with CP. The cognitive assessment of children with cerebral palsy (CP) is a complex but important issue within disability and re/habilitation. Individualized cognitive assessments should be offered and carried out by psychologists. Rehabilitation centers should strive to be inclusive through reliable test adaptations for functional abilities, means of communication, and language. Greater availability of- and capacity to offer cognitive assessments in more formats and languages could help increase test accessibility for children with disabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is a truism to state that across the world the COVID-19 pandemic brought about and continues to cause disruption on a scale not seen before. As the pandemic is still very much ongoing, its lasting impact will take time to fully unfold. This article uses ecological theory to map the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people and their wellbeing, based on some initial published studies. It reviews how their micro system contexts, especially access to school and youth services were further disrupted adding to the pressure and isolation experienced by many. Continuing the ecological framework the paper explores the policy spaces within the exosystem where stakeholders are engaged in promoting youth wellbeing and support. It is this policy "space" that this article argues has the potential to scaffold positive youth development and supports in the aftermath of the pandemic. It will argue in particular for the need to extend and enhance mesosystem connections, especially for those without strong natural support networks [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, using Pohozaev's identity and discussing minimizing sequences for the related constrained minimization problem, we study the nonexistence and existence of solutions with prescribed L 2 -norm for the following nonlocal equation: − (∫ R N | u (x) | 2 d x) γ Δ u − | u | p − 2 u = λ u , x in R N , where N ≥ 3 , p ∈ [ 2 , 2 ∗) and 2 ∗ = 2 N N − 2 . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper we introduce a new projection-type algorithm in a reflexive Banach space. Then, using generalized resolvents operators and generalized projections, we prove a strong convergence theorem for computing a common element of the set of fixed points of a Bregman relatively nonexpansive mapping, solutions of an equilibrium problem, fixed points of a resolvent operator and fixed points of an infinite family of Bregman W-mappings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract It has been widely argued that existing educational inequality and inequity was exacerbated when schools closed due to Covid-19. In addition, it is disadvantaged young people that are most likely to experience the most negative long-term impacts. Many of these young people were successfully engaged in the non-formal sector (i.e. youth work services) before and during the pandemic. This paper introduces Bridging Worlds, a new initiative, which brings together the formal and non-formal sectors in education to develop a new partnership and shared engagement framework to enhance educational outcomes and positive youth development. The project focuses on promoting knowledge, skills and awareness among teachers and youth workers of the formal and non-formal education sectors, using blended learning techniques and implementing a number of pro social youth programmes. It aims to create a strong sustaining connection across these sectors as a project legacy. This article describes the mixed methods approach used to track the implementation of the project across a six-month period, including pre and post survey data and from participating teachers and youth workers combined with qualitative interviews. Project feedback is discussed according to specific research questions. Recommendations are provided for the further development of the programme and for future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Children with cerebral palsy (CP) are at risk of cognitive impairments and need to be cognitively assessed to allow for individualized interventions, if applicable. Therefore, a systematic protocol for the follow-up of cognition in children with CP, CPCog, with assessments offered at five/six and 12/13 years of age, was developed. This report presents and discusses assessment practices in Sweden and Norway following the introduction of CPCog and a quality improvement project in Norway aimed at increasing the number of children offered cognitive assessments. A questionnaire investigating assessment practices was sent to pediatric habilitation centers in Sweden and Norway. In Norway, the habilitation centers also participated in a quality improvement project aimed at increasing adherence to the CPCog protocol. Of the respondents, 64–70% report that they assess cognition in children with all degrees of motor impairment, and 70–80% assess at the ages recommended in CPCog. Following the quality improvement project in Norway, the percentage of children assessed increased from 34 to 62%. The findings illustrate that the provision of information is not sufficient to change practice. Implementation of new re/habilitation procedures is aided by targeting health care practices individually. Children with cerebral palsy (CP) have increased risk of cognitive impairments that require intervention. Assessments of cognition should be offered to all children with CP because the nature of cognitive impairments may vary. Introducing a follow-up protocol of how and when to perform cognitive assessments is a step towards ensuring equal access to the services for all children with CP. A quality improvement project might be a viable method for implementing a protocol into everyday clinical practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An elusive goal of the Housing Choice Voucher program is to provide more—and better—locational choices for recipient households. Yet landlord discrimination can be a barrier, particularly in areas of greater opportunity. Using a difference-in-difference design with different comparison groups, we evaluate the effectiveness of source-of-income discrimination laws in 31 jurisdictions enacting such laws between 2007 and 2017 in improving locational outcomes for voucher households. We find evidence that such laws lead to more upwardly mobile moves (or greater improvement in neighborhoods) among existing voucher holders who move. Specifically, existing voucher holders who move post enactment experience greater reductions in neighborhood poverty rates and in voucher household shares. We also find that after SOI laws pass, voucher holders move to neighborhoods with larger white population shares than their original neighborhoods. Effects are modest, but they hold for households whose head is Black as well as for families with children, two groups who may face greater challenges in housing markets. We do not find any change in the characteristics of the neighborhoods where new voucher holders lease up after the passage of SOI laws, but this may be confounded by compositional change in the neighborhoods where successful voucher holders originate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we consider a new class of split weak vector mixed quasi-variational inequality problems in fuzzy environments (for short, SWQVIP). Our aim is to establish error bounds for the underlying problem SWQVIP via regularized gap functions. We first propose some regularized gap functions of the problem SWQVIP using the method of nonlinear scalarization functions. Then, error bounds for the problem SWQVIP are investigated based on regularized gap functions with some suitable conditions without monotonicity. Finally, some examples are given to illustrate our results. The main results obtained in this paper are new and extend some corresponding known results in the literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When the linguistic innovation and phrase overtourism was used in an online news report to describe excessive tourism in Iceland in 2016, legacy and social media soon following with in-depth articles and visual representations of perceived excessive tourism in other locations around the world. Given the growing calls for action on overtourism, this study takes a social network analysis (SNA) approach, using a network analysis and visualization software package called NodeXL Pro, to better understand the 10,325 tweets which used the hashtag 'overtourism' between July 2013 and September 2020. By exploring central users, conversation starters, gatekeepers and influencers, the analysis indicates that an ad hoc network was built around #overtourism on twitter. The analysis indicates that this network is held together by a small number of experts, who play a key role in presenting, distributing and circulating information about this controversial topic. While the studies practical contribution is the use of NodeXL Pro for advanced social media network analysis, the findings also indicate that the ability of these experts to influence perceptions of overtourism inside and outside twitter will depend on whether it can engage broader publics as the tourism sector recovers from a global pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we introduce and investigate mixed vector equilibrium-like problems (MVEPs) on Hadamard manifolds. Specifically, our aim is to establish error bounds for MVEPs. For this, we propose some regularized gap functions for MVEPs under suitable conditions. Then some error bounds for MVEPs in terms of regularized gap functions are obtained with the hypotheses imposed on the data of MVEPs. Our results in this paper are new and can be considered as a significant generalization of some previously known results in the literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on the well-known Brouwder fixed-point theorem in this paper we will present a variety of collectively coincidence-type results for general classes of maps. Our theory will automatically generate analytic alternatives and minimax inequalities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While changes in society continue to inform understandings of what leisure is and how it manifests itself, the emergence of Chinese outbound tourists, with specific motivations, travel styles and leisure choices are having powerful impacts on multiple host destinations. While university campuses have long been marked as visitor attractions in China, this study explores the motivations and implications of outbound Chinese tourists visiting university campuses abroad for leisure. On site qualitative interviews took place with 25 fully independent Chinese tourists at three campuses in Seoul, South Korea and a campus in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The study results found that Chinese visitors mark specific university campuses as attractions and are motivated to visit because of their prestige, by novelty and exploration, emotion and nostalgia and learning and knowledge seeking. This study argues that campus tourism may be difficult to develop and manage as a well-defined product that meets the needs of Chinese tourists, university governors and university stakeholders. The study explores the implications for universities and recommends universities begin a critical evaluation of prestige markers and especially those markers present in the Chinese cultural, pop-culture and (social) media context, which may be counterproductive to the primary mission of universities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nonlinear scalar Riemann-Liouville fractional differential equations with a constant delay and non-instantaneous impulses are studied where initial conditions and impulsive conditions are set up in appropriate way. The definitions of both conditions depend significantly on the type of fractional derivative and the presence of the delay in the equation. We study the case of a fixed lower limit of the fractional derivative and the case of the changeable lower limit at each impulsive time and integral representations of the solutions are obtained. These integral presentations are used to study the existence on finite time intervals of various types of initial value problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper deals with non-classical initial-boundary value problems for parabolic equations with a fractional Laplacian. We study the existence and uniqueness of a mild solution to our problem. The continuous dependence of the solution on the given data is shown and the ill-posedness of the mild solution at t = 0 is also considered. In order to avoid such ill-posedness, we construct a regularized solution using the Fourier truncation method. An L p error estimate and the convergence rate between the regularized solution and the exact solution are obtained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recent publications by Wehi and colleagues assert that Māori or other Polynesians in the pre-European era voyaged to and from the Antarctic. Such ideas have been advanced for more than a century, largely in relation to Rarotongan traditions translated by Percy Smith. As the juxtaposition of unexamined Polynesian traditions with historical archives is problematic for both historiography and matauranga Māori, an analytical approach is taken here to the traditional evidence. It is argued that a key assertion referring to frozen seas has a different and more probable interpretation and that there are no compelling traditions of Antarctic voyaging. In addition, Polynesian voyaging through the circumpolar westerlies would have little chance of success and archaeological evidence of Polynesian voyaging does not extend south of about 50° South. It is concluded that Antarctic voyaging by pre-European Polynesians seems most unlikely. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper studies (ω , c) -periodic solutions for time-varying non-instantaneous impulsive differential equations. The Cauchy matrix of the time-varying linear non-instantaneous impulsive system is constructed and some basic properties are derived. The method of constant variations and the adjoint matrix are used to find sufficient and necessary conditions for (ω , c) -periodic solutions of homogeneous and inhomogeneous systems. Fixed-point theorems are used to show existence and uniqueness of (ω , c) -periodic solutions of the nonlinear systems and examples are given to illustrate the theoretical results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we discuss the existence and non-existence of weak solutions to the non-linear problem with a fractional p-Laplacian introduced by the ψ-Hilfer fractional operator, by combining the technique of Nehari manifolds and fibering maps. Also, we obtain some results on the ψ-Hilfer fractional operator and the Nehari manifold via the Euler functional. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper gives a number of Ulam type stability results of first-order linear and first-order nonlinear impulsive fuzzy differential equations in different cases by applying an appropriate inequality and the direct analysis method. First, the Ulam type stability results of linear impulsive fuzzy differentiable equations under a<0, (c1)-differentiable are given. Second, the Ulam type stability results of first-order nonlinear impulsive fuzzy differentiable equations under a<0, (c1)-differentiable and a<0, (c2)-differentiable are presented. Finally, examples are provided to illustrate our results. Our results transfer the corresponding results for impulsive ordinary differential equations to impulsive fuzzy ordinary differential equations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the heightened political climate of the post-Union years in Ireland, songs written and sung around parliamentary elections articulated key issues of popular politics with a vehemence rarely encountered in other historical sources. Election squibs and ballads written for contested parliamentary elections in Cork city constitute the source material for this paper. These song genres enabled diverse political expression that encompassed satirical depiction of candidates and election practices, and partisan rallying calls. Songs associated with elections from 1818 to 1829 reflect the "carnivalesque" period of early nineteenth century literary Cork in their affective range and satirical content. The broadside ballads published from 1830 onwards advocate support for candidates in the context of an emerging nationalist narrative that appealed to an increasingly politicised working class. The texts feature themes that were reiterated over several consecutive elections, emphasising popular agency, juxtaposing urban and rural issues, and proclaiming the Catholic clergy and O'Connell. Among the song airs are two that had been associated with Irish political resistance since the Jacobite era. This article asserts the importance of these ballads in understanding the transmission of nascent Irish nationalist ideology in popular song during the early nineteenth century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we introduce the concept of ◊ α -measurability and establish the combined measure theory on time scales. Particularly, one can obtain Δ-measure theory and ∇-measure theory on time scales by letting α = 1 and α = 0 , respectively. Moreover, some criteria for ◊ α -measurability of a set are obtained and the notion of Lebesgue ◊ α -measurable functions is introduced and studied. Based on it, the Lebesgue ◊ α -integral and Riemann ◊ α -integral are introduced and the relation between them is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we consider the problem of finding the source distribution for the linear inhomogeneous biparabolic equation when the measured output data is given in the form of the final overdetermination. The problem is severely ill-posed in the sense of Hadamard. First, we apply a general filter method to regularize the linear nonhomogeneous problem. Then, we give a regularized solution and consider the convergence between the regularized solution and the sought solution. Under an a priori assumption on the exact solution, we obtain some convergence estimates between the regularized solution and the sought solution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Understanding the financial context of the lives of female sex workers (FSWs) is essential to address structural drivers of HIV risk. We used a financial diary methodology to record daily financial transactions over six weeks from a stratified purposive sample (n = 34) of FSWs in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. FSWs also provided information on their experience with gender-based violence and condom use. FSWs generated 90.1% of total cash from sex work, with a median weekly income of USD 60.53. They engaged mostly in protected vaginal sex, earning approximately USD 4.57 per act. Food, housing, and clothing represented the largest areas of expenditure. Around 17% of expenses were recorded as costs of sex work (e.g., alcohol). Median weekly expenditures accounted for 62% of median weekly income. Nearly all participants reported depositing money into savings at least once over six weeks, while 71% reported a loan transaction during the six-week period, most as borrowers. Findings suggest that financial literacy and formalized savings activities, with life skills and empowerment training, have potential to build FSW's economic resilience, mitigating a structural driver of sex work and HIV risk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We consider two final value problem of a stochastic strongly damped wave equation driven by white noise (Section 3) and fractional noise (Section 4). We show that a stochastic integral in the solution is not stable and the problem is not well posed. To regularize the problem in two cases of noise, we apply the Fourier truncated method to control the frequency in such a way that it depends on the noisy level, which is the upper bound of the errors appearing in the input data. Furthermore, the convergence rate of the regularized solution is investigated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The meaning of wheelchair and seating assistive technology and the impact inappropriate provision has on people's lives from a service user's perspective within an Irish context is highlighted. There is a dearth in evidence examining the process of wheelchair and seating provision and the interconnectedness between satisfaction, performance and participation from an equality and human rights perspective. The purpose if the study is to investigate wheelchair service users' perspectives of wheelchair and seating provision in Ireland. This is a mixed-methods study with an exploratory sequential design that includes two phases. During phase one, wheelchair service users were invited to take part in qualitative in-depth semi-structured interviews, which were thematically analysed and formed part of a larger ethnographic study involving multiple stakeholders in sustainable wheelchair and seating provision strategy development. In phase two, an online Survey Monkey questionnaire was distributed to obtain a wider overview of wheelchair service provision from a wheelchair service users perspective. Data obtained from the closed questions and content analysis for open comments was analysed descriptively for this phase. Eight wheelchair service users agreed to participate in the interviews and 273 responded to the online survey. Thematic analysis and questionnaire frequency and content analysis revealed the vital meaning of wheelchair and seating assistive technology provision. However, bottlenecks within the system affect daily living, with qualitative data highlighting the obstruction to experiences of independent living from initial appointment to wheelchair breakdowns during daily life. Appropriate wheelchair and seating assistive technology provision is a basic human right, supported by the essential and embodied nature of the wheelchair as demonstrated through the wheelchair service users' perspective throughout this study. These findings highlight the impact of ad-hoc services on individual freedoms and how the overall pace of the system affects a person's ability to organise their time as an equal member of the community across the lifespan. A national review of wheelchair and seating assistive technology provision services is called for, giving consideration to access to services, assessment and delivery, follow up and management, education and training. Wheelchair and seating assistive technology provision as a basic human right is misunderstood. Appropriate wheelchair and seating assistive technology provision should be provided to meet this primary need as a pre-requisite for survival. Every aspect of the wheelchair and seating provision process impacts on occupational performance, equality of opportunity and community mobility. Wheelchair and seating assistive technology professionals and providers have a responsibility to review their practice and service provision systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Dolomites in Arctic Ocean sediments are widely attributed to erosion and transport of sediments from northern Canada and Greenland. Coarse-grained dolomite-rich ice-rafted debris is often linked to iceberg transport, but the origin of fine-grained dolomite is less well constrained. A presumed source is the Mackenzie River. In this article, we fingerprint the minerogenic and isotopic (Nd and Sr) composition of deglacial and Holocene fine-grained sediments (<38 µm) from the shallow Mackenzie Trough. Sediments from an 81.5-m borehole (MTW01) were analyzed. The borehole is composed of a progradational (deltaic), transitional (transgressive), and marine unit (<9.4 cal. ka BP). The average dolomite content (~7 percent) and ɛNd signals (-13.3) are surprisingly constant in the progradational and marine units. The isotopic signature is inherited from the Interior Platform, the major underlying bedrock region of the Mackenzie River mainstream. The transitional unit contains fluctuations in ƹNd (-11.0 and -14.6), reflecting enhanced input from the North American Cordillera and Canadian Shield that are not associated with elevated amounts of dolomite. Additional studies combining minerogenic and detrital ɛNd analyses from sites proximal to the paleo-icestreams draining the Canadian Arctic are required to ascertain the origin of dolomite enrichment in central Arctic Ocean sediments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is argued here that ethical practice and being in adult lifelong learning are best understood as a feature of competing adult lifelong learning epistemologies informing practice and engagement in the field at all levels. The conceptions of ethics immanent to the epistemologies are not directly identifiable with any of the normative theories of modernist ethics, although they are tangentially informed by the critique generated in and between those theories. Of the five epistemologies and conceptions of ethics identified as important in the field, disciplinary, developmental and emancipatory epistemologies and ethics have been variously prominent throughout its history, but design epistemology and ethics are now generally dominant. However, in response to changes in the contemporary cultural context, the latter are now transforming into a reflexive epistemology and ethic of authenticity, raising the prospect of a number of morally disabling tendencies, the recognition and avoidance of which emerges as an imperative for the future of the field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AbstractSources of milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) are desirable to include in infant milk formula (IMF) to mimic the composition and functionality of human milk MFGM. MFGM in its natural form consists of a trilayer structure containing lipids (e.g., cholesterol, phospholipids, gangliosides, ceramides), proteins (e.g., butyrophilin, xanthine oxidase, mucin-1, adipophilin) and glycans (e.g., sialic acid). Components of MFGM have been associated with various biological benefit areas including intestinal, neurocognitive, and immune health. There are many aspects to consider when supplementing IMF with MFGM ingredients, of which the major ones are highlighted and critiqued in this review from an industrial research perspective. Features include compositional unknowns, discussion on how best to incorporate MFGM to IMF, analytical method needs, biological function unknowns, and considerations on how best to communicate MFGM in different contexts. It is hoped that by identifying the key scientific gaps outstanding in this subject area, collective efforts can proceed to ensure the potential impact of MFGM on infant health is realized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A number of Leray–Schauder-type continuation theorems for general classes of maps are presented in this paper. Our maps will satisfy a countable compactness-type condition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The widespread focus on policy moments in Australian cultural, academic and political debates is discussed, also describing the processes of policy formation. The narrowing gap between 'unattached' intellectuals and academics or cultural critics and 'bureaucratic' intellectuals in their participation in policy formation is considered unnecessary and ineffective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article explores the many parallels – but also discontinuities – between the interpersonal communication medium and research enterprise pursued by Elihu Katz and Paul Lazarsfeld in Personal Influence (1955) and the social media agenda and associated research enterprise of Facebook and Instagram. The essay begins with a discussion of 'personal influence' as the concept was first developed in the 1950s, outlining its historical context and initial limited application. It then shows how key ideas of Personal Influence can be seen as having been applied and embedded in the very fabric of social media itself. Yet Facebook represents a significant departure from both Katz and Lazarsfeld's research agenda and from the market research and information regime of traditional media. Their audience research work of 1955 was avowedly public and transparent in its commitments. They were providing a market research product for advertising agencies, advertisers and media providers to re-purpose. In contrast, Facebook is private, proprietorial and opaque in its research provision. Facebook combines, under one roof, the roles of market research provider, media provider, and advertising agency. By prioritizing the collection and analysis of individual user profiles, Facebook has created a media enterprise that seamlessly integrates user-generated content, data collection, analysis, strategy, media provision and associated advertising machinery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the primary eviction prevention measures jurisdictions across the country have taken is to expand access to free legal counsel for low-income tenants facing eviction. In 2017, New York City became the first jurisdiction to enact universal access to counsel (UAC), guaranteeing free legal representation to all low-income tenants facing eviction in the city's housing courts, and other cities are also starting to channel significant resources into programs designed to increase representation in eviction proceedings. Proponents argue that access to counsel will reduce the incidence of evictions and decrease levels of homelessness. Research, however, has yet to evaluate these claims rigorously. We aim to address this gap by examining the effectiveness of legal representation in preventing evictions. Specifically, we study the early implementation of UAC in New York City and use its sequential rollout across ZIP Codes to study impacts on both individual case outcomes and broader eviction patterns. We find relative increases in legal representation for treated ZIP Codes after the adoption of UAC. We also see small relative (and absolute) reductions in the share of filings resulting in executed warrants after UAC was implemented in the earliest ZIP Codes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses the various topics within the issue, including South Africa's constitutional democracy, traditional leadership, and customary law.

In this paper, we consider the initial inverse problem (backward problem) for an inhomogeneous time-fractional wave equation in a general bounded domain. We show that the backward problem is ill-posed, and we propose a regularizing scheme using a fractional Landweber regularization method. We also present error estimates between the regularized solution and the exact solution using two parameter choice rules. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Fine motor skills develop in childhood. In this study, we evaluate motor planning in 6- to 11-year-old children using a pegboard and midline crossing task. The results of the pegboard task showed that children modified their strategies of hand use and space use as a function of age, albeit with a transition in the 8- to 9-year-old children. The data from the midline crossing task mirrored these results by showing that the children of this age group changed their hand use in contralateral space. Combined, these findings propose a developmental synchrony between crossing the midline and bimanual coordination, and suggest the establishment of the left hemisphere's dominance for visuo-manual tasks. Overall, the results highlight that the strategy used for performing manual skills gradually evolve towards mature behaviour, with an important developmental phase at around the age of 8–9 years that impacts the children's motor abilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to gain a better understanding of user acceptance of Biometric Technologies (BT) at outdoor music festivals in the United Kingdom. While research on such technologies, such as facial recognition is limited in the events context, they have already been deployed at music festivals to deal with issues of security, safety and crowd management. Using an extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), a self-administered questionnaire was completed by young adults in the United Kingdom who had previously been to a music festival. The study found factors such as privacy, reliability and accuracy did not have a significant impact on user acceptance. Other factors, such as trust, compatibility and convenience were found to have a significant positive impact on perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness and attitude to use. As the findings indicate that accuracy and privacy do not impact BT acceptance, the paper explores how organizers can be transparent and accountable as to their intentions to use BT, so as to justify the usefulness of BT to attendees, artists, regulators and authorities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Two different biostratigraphic approaches are used to identify Marine Isotope Stage 11 (MIS 11) in Arctic Ocean sediments. On the Lomonosov Ridge, globally calibrated nannofossil bioevents constrain the age of sediments back to MIS 13 (Core LOMROG12-3PC). In the Amerasian Basin the unique occurrence of the planktonic foraminifer Turborotalita egelida is increasingly used as a marker for MIS 11. However, the T. egelida horizon has only been dated using cyclostratigraphy. Here we bridge these approaches through investigation of a new core (AO16-8GC) from the Alpha Ridge, Amerasian Basin. AO16-8GC is easily correlated to LOMROG12-3PC and contains the T. egelida horizon, allowing the first comparison between the biostratigraphy of both regions. Based on the nannofossil biochronology of LOMROG12-3PC, the most convincing lithologic correlation between the Alpha and Lomonosov Ridge cores places the T. egelida horizon between MIS 15 and MIS 17. This potentially older age for the T. egelida biohorizon emphasizes the need for continued caution in interpreting paleoceanographic records predating MIS 6, until further work can reconcile the nanno- and microfossil biostratigraphies that are emerging for middle Pleistocene sediments of the central Arctic Ocean. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper deals with Cauchy problems and nonlocal problems for non-linear Stieltjes differential equations corresponding to a certain function g. We establish existence and uniqueness results for nonlinear equations with initial value or nonlocal conditions in the space ℬg ([0, H], ℝ) using fixed point methods and g-topology theory. We introduce the concepts of Ulam-Hyers (UH) and generalized Ulam-Hyers-Rassias (UHR) stability and present Ulam type stability results for linear and nonlinear equations in the spaces g ([0, H], ℝ) ⊂ ℬg ([0, H], ℝ) and ℬg ([0, H], ℝ). Finally, numerical examples are given to illustrate our results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study seeks to address the dearth of research focussed on childminding (family day care or family childcare) in Ireland, despite its significant role in national childcare provision. One overarching aim was to explore childminders' cultural models of praxis and pedagogy in the Irish context. This research was conducted within the theoretical framework of Ecocultural Theory (ECT) (Weisner, 2002. "Ecocultural Understanding of Children's Developmental Pathways." Human Development 1759: 275–281), referencing concepts in Attachment Theory, in the context of historical and current policy in Ireland, Europe and the US over the last 30 years. A mixed method approach was adopted using the Ecocultural Family Interview for Childminders (EFICh) protocol, which included holistic ratings, field notes, photographs taken by participants, and a case study survey. This article describes one cultural model identified among childminders in this study, a Close Relationship Model of praxis in a home-from-home environment, prioritising love and fun in mixed age childcare, developing enduring relationships in an extended childminding family. To effectively engage professional childminders in Ireland, any proposed system of regulation, support, and education should be aligned with this cultural model to maximise the benefits of childminding for children's outcomes in the twenty-first century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Utilizing 14 semi-structured interviews in a non-western context, this exploratory study examines how Filipino migrant workers' leisure satisfaction and QoL are intertwined in Macao, China. The study reveals that Filipino migrant workers regard "family and friends", and a sense of community as central to their QoL. Regarding leisure, the Filipino migrant workers experienced a lack of time-off and long working hours (structural leisure constraints) whilst living without their families in the Philippines (interpersonal leisure constraints). In addition, the Filipino migrant workers noted that few leisure options were available to them, and given commercial options dominate in Macao, the perceived cost of leisure participation clashes with the Filipino migrant workers responsibility to send remittances home. It is recommended that authorities and employers explore the importance of subjective QoL indicators such as sense of community that emerge from marginalized social groups, such as migrant workers, into their measurement systems and policy deliberations, to create a livable and sustainable community for all. Our study enriches the extant research by broadening the research location to focus on "voices" from low income migrants in a non-western context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we propose a computation method of Hausdorff distance between an arbitrary time scale and its translation (i.e. the endpoints approximation method or the EA method) and construct an explicit distance function which can be applied to calculate the Hausdorff distance. Furthermore, we construct a continuous linear broken line function with δ-accuracy to obtain the Hausdorff distance and its corresponding error intervals. Based on the linear construction of the distance function with δ-accuracy, the completeness of the distance function spaces is proved, then we introduce the concept of f-equivalent classes of time scales and embed the time scale spaces into the complete distance function spaces and some embedding theorems of time scales are established. Considering almost periodicity and almost automorphy of the distance functions on R , we study almost periodic time scales and introduce the concept of almost automorphic time scales. Moreover, some new properties and criteria of almost periodic and almost automorphic time scales are established and some examples are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

1. It is only 19 years ago since Kofi Annan, then Secretary General of the United Nations, claimed that we were living in "The Age of Human Rights".[1] The preceding decade had seen the fall of the Berlin Wall and a remarkable growth in the number of democracies that entrenched human rights. Our current understanding of the relationship between the state and individuals is built on normative and human rights principles developed in the pre-digital world. A free society can only exist in the narrow corridor between a weak state that cannot protect its citizens and a powerful, unconstrained state that preys upon them. We must therefore think carefully about how to manage technological change, both because of its risks and its promise, and particularly because of its potential to redraw the boundaries between citizen and state in favour of the state, and to put at risk citizens' hard-won fundamental rights and freedoms. [Extracted from the article]

We present a coincidence theory for set-valued maps which satisfy certain compactness-type conditions on countable sets. Our theory is based on fixed point results for compositions of set-valued self maps. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]