Academic Articles & Research Papers

What motivates SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trial participants? A pre- and post-participation survey study

Abstract Background Scientific advancement, including the testing and licensing of new drugs, relies heavily on clinical trials with healthy individuals. The motivations of clinical trial participants have been discussed intensively, as som...

Let's Play it Safe: Ethical Considerations from Participants in a Photovoice Research Project

The use of images and other visual data in qualitative research projects poses new ethical challenges, particularly in the context of participatory research projects that engage research participants in conducting fieldwork. Little is known...

Clinical features of the course of Hirschsprung’s disease in newborns and infants with consideration of the extent of colonic aganglionosis

The clinical course of Hirschsprung’s disease (HD) in newborns and infants depends on the extent of сolonic aganglionosis, the age of patient, the presence of associated malformations and complications. The aim - to study the peculiariti...

Evaluation of clinical quality improvement interventions: feasibility of an integrated approach

Abstract Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the largest cause of death and disability in Australia. Australian national guidelines for the primary prevention of CVD recommend that all adults without CVD and aged 45 years or more a...

Finding Sunbeams in the Darkness: Michel Serres's Analogical Thinking and the Ethics of Listening in The Zone of Interest

This article addresses the fundamental concept underpinning Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest, which recognizes selective empathy and extraordinary empathy dissonance within our contemporary cultures as a continuum, not a moment. The a...

Cuidados en los equipos profesionales: reflexiones a partir del archivo oral y memoria del Cuartel Borgoño (1977-1989), Santiago de Chile

The purpose of this article is to present some of the considerations that arose following the development of an experience of caregiving for teams of professionals who support, investigate, and collect testimonies on human rights violations...

The principle of the 3Rs between aspiration and reality

The Principle of the 3Rs is widely recognised as the methodological and ethical backbone of contemporary animal research. Different authors also stress the reciprocal links among the 3Rs, and how these often complement and reinforce each ot...

Reproductive Biology of Female Pacific Halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) in the Gulf of Alaska

Developing a robust understanding of Pacific halibut reproductive biology is essential to understanding the different components (e.g. maturity) that determine the reproductive output of the species and, therefore, for estimating the relati...

Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis Framework for Mapping Vegetation Physiognomic Types at Fine Scales in Neotropical Savannas

Regional maps of vegetation structure are necessary for delineating species habitats and for supporting conservation and ecological analyses. A systematic approach that can discriminate a wide range of meaningful and detailed vegetation cla...

Roles of loneliness and life satisfaction in the relationship between perceived friend social support, positive feelings about the future and loss of motivation

Purpose: University students often face psychological challenges, particularly loneliness and hopelessness, which are exacerbated by factors such as limited social interactions, economic uncertainty, lack of employment opportunities, and th...

“We don’t Report for Fear of Losing our Position”: The Consequences to and Reactions of Women Victims of Sexual Harassment in the Brazilian Organizations

Objective: this study aims to understand the consequences and reactions of women victims of sexual harassment in organizations. Methods: a qualitative research design was adopted, based on the principles of grounded theory. Data were collec...

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Women’s work–family conflict and its consequences in commuter marriages: The moderating role of spouses’ family commitment in a dyad analysis

This study aims to explore the relationship between work-family conflict and its consequences on job, family, and marital satisfaction among stay-at-home wives of commuter couples by testing the moderating effect of commuters’ family (paren...

The Rise and Effect of Virtual Modalities and Functions on Organizational Leadership: Tracing Conceptual Boundaries Along the E-Management and E-Leadership Continuum

The massive shift to virtual modalities and functions has changed the context of leadership and organizational structures, and thus how leadership is exercised. To date, the fi elds of e-leadership and e-management, or more generally, virtu...

Data recommendation algorithm of network security event based on knowledge graph

To address the difficulty faced by network security operation and maintenance personnel in timely and accurate identification of required data during network security event analysis, a recommendation algorithm based on a knowledge graph for...

Botnet detection using graph-based feature clustering

Abstract Detecting botnets in a network is crucial because bots impact numerous areas such as cyber security, finance, health care, law enforcement, and more. Botnets are becoming more sophisticated and dangerous day-by-day, and most of the...

Navigating the massive world of reddit: using backbone networks to map user interests in social media

In the massive online worlds of social media, users frequently rely on organizing themselves around specific topics of interest to find and engage with like-minded people. However, navigating these massive worlds and finding topics of speci...

Frege: philosophy of mathematics

No one has figured more prominently in the study of the German philosopher Gottlob Frege than Michael Dummett. His magisterial Frege: Philosophy of Language is a sustained, systematic analysis of Frege's thought, omitting only the issues in...

On the Domain of 4-Dimensional Catalan Matrix in the Space of Absolutely Summable Double Sequences

The primary objective of this study is to construct a novel double sequence space by utilizing the domain of a 4-dimensional (4D) matrix in the space $\mathcal{L}_u$ of the absolutely summable double sequences defined via the well-known Ca...

Stress concentration at the circular hole of cyclically bent layered composite plate within the framework of a moment theory of thermoviscoelasticity